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Trucking companies enter era of electric vehicles
Electric trucks still have some shortcomings — including difficulties covering long distances, and the fact that it’s taken manufacturers as long as five years to deliver on some vehicle orders
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It’s official — Ford plant going to Michigan
Youngkin passed on $3.5B project over Chinese involvement
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Ford Motor Co. announced Monday that it will build an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, a $3.5 billion project that Virginia was considered for until Gov. Glenn Youngkin pulled
Everything is not awesome
Why Virginia lags the South in big industrial deals
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When Lego Group representatives toured Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park on a winter day early this year, they didn’t speak. As with most industrial site visits, the county economic development
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No myth
Virginia companies share their journeys from startups to unicorns
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Last year, Lori Stacy found herself leading a unicorn. The CEO of Norfolk-based Trader Interactive, an online marketplace for boats, recreational vehicles, motorcycles and other niche vehicles, Stacy helped shepherd
Charging up
Electric vehicle infrastructure buildout gathers power
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Virginia Del. Richard “Rip” Sullivan Jr. is one of the General Assembly’s biggest advocates for electric vehicles. But when the Fairfax County Democrat went to buy a car in 2018,
Virginia Transformer Corp. launches EV charger module
Roanoke company expects to expand manufacturing, create 30 jobs
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Roanoke-based power transformer manufacturer Virginia Transformer Corp. has entered the electric vehicle market by launching a manufacturing division to create components for commercial electric vehicle power chargers, with plans to
Hyundai dealership to open in Roanoke County
Southern Team Automotive Group building facility, showroom
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A Hyundai sales and service facility is coming to Roanoke County, car dealership group Southern Team Automotive Group announced Tuesday. The 30,000-square-foot facility will be located at 7300 Williamson Road
Volkswagen to debut electric Microbus at SXSW
Herndon-based U.S. subsidiary's ID. Buzz has been in works for 5 years
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Herndon-based Volkswagen Group of America announced Wednesday that it would debut its electric bus during this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, which will be held March 11-20 in Austin,
Two Va. projects are finalists for $100M U.S. EDA grants
Proposals are two of 60
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Two Virginia projects — one to make Central Virginia an advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing hub and one to support the transportation and logistics cluster in Southern and Southwest Virginia — are
Sonny Merryman taps new president and CEO
Caley Edgerly succeeds Floyd Merryman III at Lynchburg bus dealership
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Beginning Aug. 9, Caley Edgerly will take the wheel as president and CEO of Lynchburg bus dealer Sonny Merryman Inc., as current CEO Floyd Merryman III moves into his new