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DETROIT—Hertz Corp. plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors Co. over the next five years. 

OAK PARK, MI— Bollinger Motors Inc., a division of Mullen Automotive Inc., is partnering with Wabash National Corp., to develop a lightweight refrigerated truck body on an electric chassis.

MONTREAL—Air Canada plans to purchase 30 electric-hybrid aircraft currently being developed in Sweden by Heart Aerospace.

DES MOINES, IA—Auto parts supplier Dee Zee plans to hire some 160 employees at its assembly plant here next year to make components for General Motors’ new electric vans.

PLYMOUTH, MI—Mahle Powertrain USA is building a $4 million dynamometer facility here for electric vehicles.

NOVI, MI—Responding to unprecedented growth in battery manufacturing, ABB has developed an agile production process that aims to reduce bottlenecks.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Volvo Trucks has begun producing electric trucks at its Tuve assembly plant here.

LIBERTY, NC—Toyota will invest an additional $2.5 billion in its newest North American assembly plant, Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina.   

TORRANCE, CA—Honda and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution will spend $4.4 billion to build a new battery assembly plant in the United States as the Japanese carmaker seeks to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles completely by 2040.