Toyota Announces $1 Billion Investment in US Plants for Grand Highlander SUV and New EV

Toyota Motor North America today announced a major $1 billion investment across its manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Indiana. This strategic expansion targets increased production of the popular Grand Highlander SUV while accelerating preparations for new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at its flagship Kentucky plant. The move is the latest step in Toyota’s November 2025 […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #323 – AWS\’s Nuclear Data Center Acquisition, Electric Vehicle Toxin Study, Grid Blackout Warning, and Carbon Capture Controversy.

Daily Standup Top Stories AWS acquires Talen’s nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania March 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired Talen Energy’s data center campus at a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania. Talen Energy Corporation this week announced it has sold its 960MW Cumulus data center campus in Pennsylvania […] Electric vehicles release […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #315 – Weekly Recap: EVs, Nuclear Reactors, and California\’s Climate Conundrum

Daily Standup Top Stories Even the World’s Biggest Electric-Vehicle Market Is Slowing February 18, 2024 Stu Turley HONG KONG—Chinese electric-vehicle makers that enjoyed years of explosive growth now face a slowdown in domestic demand, spurring them to push overseas and challenge global auto giants already struggling with a transition to battery-powered cars. A subsidies-driven […] Government Approves Construction Permit […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #312 – EV Rollback, Toyota\’s Strategy, and LNG Ban

Daily Standup Top Stories Shocking development: Biden plans to roll back rule designed to juice EV push on country February 19, 2024 Mariel Alumit The Biden administration is planning to slow down the rollout of a rule that was designed to juice the United States’s transition to electric vehicles. The administration is reportedly planning to relax its limits on tailpipe emissions, […]

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