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LG Chem is building a $3B EV battery cathode factory – the largest in the US [Update]

December 28, 2023
LG Chem is building a $3 billion battery cathode factory for electric vehicles in Tennessee – here’s the latest. December 27: The groundbreaking ceremony took place last week for LG Chem’s battery cathode factory. Some of the company’s original plans have changed since I last reported on this announcement. The factory was initially supposed to break ground in Q1 2023 and start mass…
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DefenseNews

‘Fat Leonard,’ contractor in Navy bribery case, may face more charges

December 28, 2023
MIAMI — A defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery scandals in U.S. military history is expected to face additional charges following his return to the United States from Venezuela as part of a broader prisoner swap between the two countries, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. Leonard Glenn Francis, who is nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” faced a federal judge for the first…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: December 26, 2023

December 28, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and TuneIn, as well as our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are…
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AI & RoboticsNews

The 5 AI stories I’m waiting for in 2024 | The AI Beat

December 28, 2023
Exactly a year ago, I published an AI Beat column that detailed 5 AI stories I was waiting to cover in 2023. Thanks to what I like to call a constant ‘tsunami’ of AI news in the wake of OpenAI’s November 2022 release of ChatGPT, I didn’t have to wait long: From GPT-4 and the EU AI Act to the battle for AI search, open vs. closed AI, and the hunger for training data and computing power, I…
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