COWETA COUNTY, GA—FREYR Battery plans to open a new assembly plant here, about 40 miles south of Atlanta.

MILWAUKEE—Ford Motor Co. will use controls supplied by Rockwell Automation Inc. to operate its next three electric vehicle assembly plants located in Avon Lake, OH; Blue Oval City, TN; and Oakville, ON.

PAPENBURG, Germany—A Rimac Nevera recently set a world record on a banked test track here, making it the fastest electric production vehicle in the world.

REGENSBURG, Germany—BMW has begun assembling the new iX1 SUV and its high-voltage battery here.

OKLAHOMA CITY—Canoo plans to establish a second EV assembly plant here, joining a facility that’s set to open soon in Pryor, OK.

BOSTON—More and more electric traction motors are being integrated with the inverter and transmission, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics Inc.

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Engineers at 24M Technologies Inc. have designed a battery that reduces the cost of manufacturing lithium-ion cells by up to 40 percent.

MEBANE, NC—Sunlight Batteries USA is spending $40 million to build a new battery assembly plant here. The new facility will be equipped with five lithium-ion battery assembly lines, including a fully automated one and one dedicated to large-scale energy storage systems. The facility is expected to create more than 200 jobs.

MUNICH—The BMW Group is sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity.