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Future EV Ford F-Series to Come from Huge New Factory in Tennessee

Ford will create Blue Oval City, a $5.6 billion, 3600-acre campus outside Memphis, Tennessee, that includes a battery plant and will build an expanded lineup of electric F-series trucks starting in 2025. Ford is also building a $5.8 billion, 1500-acre battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky to produce the batteries for future Ford and Lincoln EVs […]

Schneider SpaceLogic KNX Secure System Devices. Total security. In every IP connection

smartbuildingmag.com 28 {{ “2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} KNX News Get complete protection via the highest data encryption standards with the comprehensive KNX Secure System range from Schneider Electric. Versatile and compatible with other devices, SpaceLogic KNX routers, interfaces, […]

Enphase Energy Expands into Brazil

Enphase Energy Inc., a California-based energy technology company and microinverter-based, solar-plus-storage systems supplier, has entered the Brazilian solar market with the introduction of its IQ 7+ microinverters. Enphase will start shipping its IQ 7+ microinverters for residential and small commercial installers across Brazil starting in October 2021. The Enphase microinverter systems will be outfitted with […]

Optus finds wage underpayments spanning six years to March 2020

In March, Optus was found to have underpaid the superannuation entitlements of 3,600 present and past workers. At the time, the telco committed to undertaking a proactive review of all staff entitlements with the help of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. A review of the telco’s retail staff has now found underpayment of wages from between 1 January 2014 to […]

iLOQ wins Rebuild Product Innovation award for iLOQ S5 digital locking solution

smartbuildingmag.com 27 {{ “2021-09-27T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-09-27T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-27T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} iLOQ News Access management innovator, iLOQ, was presented with the Product Innovation award at the recent Rebuild Expo in Madrid. For almost two decades, iLOQ has been developing access management products […]

This week’s Commerce decision on antidumping solar panel tariffs could make or break the U.S. solar industry

“We’re either going to be laying off hundreds of employees or hiring hundreds of employees.” Those are the only two avenues, said Troy Ochoa, VP of solar construction for Wanzek Construction, during a press conference today about a coming decision from the Dept. of Commerce on antidumping and countervailing (AD/CV) duties on solar panels imported […]