Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2019

Supported by a new five-year, $500,000- grant from the National Science Foundation, a researcher from the University of Kansas is developing machine learning technology to monitor and prevent overheating in lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 13, 2022

The battery maker Panasonic Energy has announced plans to build an electric vehicle battery factory in the Kansas City area. And this plant, which will be Panasonic’s first in the U.S. outside of its Tesla partnership, it claims will be the largest battery plant in the world.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Kansas City International Airport and BYD, North America’s largest electric bus manufacturer, announced delivery of the airport’s four battery-electric 30-ft. BYD customized the buses for Kansas City Airport to include luggage racks for passenger use. Kansas City Council approved the order of four 30 ft. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

JULY 13, 2022

Tesla battery supplier Panasonic has reportedly decided to build its next battery plant in Kansas, USA. kai (NHK) or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation published a report stating that Panasonic had shortlisted Kansas and Oklahoma as potential sites for its new battery factory. . Back in March, the Nippon H?s?

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 14, 2022

Global leader in lithium-ion batteries Panasonic Energy and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive application submitted by Panasonic Energy Co.,

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

CHECK OUT: Kansas City Power & Light To Build 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Sites (Jan 2015) A. But efforts are not limited to the Golden State. If one electric utility has its way, more electric cars will soon be plying the roads of America's heartland.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation ( SEV US ) has selected Kansas City as the site for its US assembly plant. The new assembly plant will be located at a portion of an airline overhaul base at Kansas City International (KCI) Airport and is expected to create 120 jobs by 2010. The SEV US Newton. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2022

Panasonic is likely to invest up to $4 billion into a new factory for Tesla batteries in Kansas. It’s all about the batteries. While there are other supply chain challenges lately, the number one barrier to faster electric vehicle sales growth year after year is lack of batteries. That goes for Tesla as well as […].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Panasonic is reportedly looking at factory sites in either Oklahoma or Kansas. Panasonic has not published a press release about plans to build a battery production facility in the United States. The post Tesla battery partner Panasonic looking to build new factory in Oklahoma or Kansas: report appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26 million to build infrastructure to expand the availability of higher-blend renewable biofuels by 822 million gallons annually in 23 states. USDA is making the awards under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has stated that it intends to start the buildout of its Kansas, US plant this November. With its Kansas plant, Panasonic is making a serious play for the United States’ fast-growing electric vehicle segment. Kansas officials have shared their excitement for Panasonic’s new battery plant.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2014

Kansas City-based Smith Electric Vehicles has become the latest electric-vehicle building startup to cease operations--though the company says it isn''t shutting its doors for good. The firm builds electrically-powered commercial vehicles both in the U.S. According to Kansas City Business Journal, the.'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Ford’s Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan today makes America’s best selling vehicle—the Ford F-150—and started Ford’s industry-leading closed-loop aluminum recycling innovation ( earlier post ), which was then expanded to other F-150 manufacturing facilities including Dearborn Stamping, Kansas City Truck and Buffalo Stamping.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2022

The interview preceded the company's announcement to build the largest battery plant in the world in Kansas City. Panasonic expects to achieve a 20% boost in energy density for EV batteries by 2030, the company's CTO said in an interview with Reuters published Wednesday.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

will construct new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for Arlington Transit (ART) in Arlington County, Virginia; Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) in Long Island, NY; and North Kansas City (MO) School District, which is set to become the largest school district in the US to transition its school bus fleet to CNG. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The new facility—Smith’s second US manufacturing, sales and service center—will not affect production or job levels at Smith’s headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Smith will lease a 90,000 square foot building near Hunts Point in the South Bronx and make investments in renovations, equipment, training and other project costs.

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InsideEVs

JUNE 2, 2023

The Japanese company already operates a factory in Nevada and is building a second facility in Kansas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Increasingly, the US is splitting into two camps when it comes to EV adoption: those states who’ve been aggressive about offering incentives and building infrastructure to support EVs and those that have not. What’s underneath that nationwide score, however, is significant variation on a state-by-state basis.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

Kansas City, Missouri, will become the latest municipality to gain an electric-car charging infrastructure this year. A local utility company is leading the effort to build a comprehensive network of charging sites for drivers of plug-in vehicles.

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Electrek

AUGUST 26, 2022

Panasonic just announced that it is building a $4 billion battery cell factory in Kansas to supply Tesla, but we now learn that the Japanese company is considering greenlighting another large-scale US battery cell factory to build simultaneously.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 15, 2021

By Gabrielle Habeeb & Ashok Gupta Eliminating carbon emissions from our building and transportation sectors will be critical to maintaining a healthy and livable climate. Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Building on this progress, the new projects will help further reduce the cost of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, expand fueling infrastructure and build a strong domestic supply chain in the United States. Fuel cell durability has doubled and the amount of expensive platinum needed in fuel cells has fallen by 80% since 2005.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between BP and DuPont, acquired Nesika Energy, LLC and its ethanol facility in Scandia, Kansas. In the chemicals industry, it is used both directly and as an important building-block for a wider range of products. —Stuart Thomas, Butamax CEO.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Abengoa has a second pilot cellulosic ethanol plant in Nebraska, and is building a commercial-scale biomass ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas. The Babilafuente project received financing for its construction and start-up through the European Commission’s 5 th Framework Program. million gallons US).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The Fort Carson team, led by Kansas City, Mo.-based electrical power and. consumption at military. installations more efficiently, thus reducing petroleum. demand, carbon emissions, and. transportation costs.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 8, 2011

In 2013, Ford will start building its full-size Transit van in Kansas City, replacing the current Ford E-Series. The impact of new gas-mileage rules on passenger cars gets all the attention, but proposed increases apply to commercial vehicles too.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The second phase will target 14 cities (Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Antonio/Austin, Oklahoma City, St. A significant number of these vehicles are in and around the targeted metropolitan areas where CleanFUEL USA plans to build out the national refueling autogas network in collaboration with its partners.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2024

General Motors (GM) is investing $390 million in Kansas for next-gen Chevy Bolt EV production. It also plans to pause Cadillac XT4 production at its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City until January 2025. Kansas isn’t the only state GM is investing in for EV production. The battery plant will help GM build Ultium batteries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

of Kansas City, Mo., Milbank builds solutions that move power for the residential, commercial, industrial, utility and transportation sectors. Milbank Manufacturing Co. has selected AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; Trinidad, Colo., and Willow Grove, Pa.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Outfitting of a high-volume manufacturing facility to build DC Bus Capacitors for the electric drive vehicle industry. Manufacturing: Michigan and Kansas City, MO; Deployment: several utility partners’ fleets. Manufacturing: Kansas City, MO; Deployment: Several partners’ fleets. . Louis, MO Kansas City, MO Lee’s Summit, MO.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

Today we witness the latest Toyota attack on electric cars, the first television ad for the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, and a new project in Kansas City encompassing 1,000 electric-car charging sites. Kansas City Power & Light will build 1,000 electric-car charging sites in collaboration with ChargePoint and.'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The US Departments of Transportation and Energy announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to build out a national electric vehicle charging network. 29,315,442. 19,978,342. 21,998,178. 14,743,125. 10,280,470. 10,859,512. Massachusetts. 16,290,764.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

NIST grant to significantly expand the Center for Applied Energy Research Laboratory’s (CAER) capabilities with a new 36,000-square-foot (3,344-square-meter) building dedicated to research in the biomass and biofuels industries, advanced distributed power generation and storage, and technologies for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2011

The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Jianming Yu, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

The Empire District Electric Company; and Kansas City Power and Light Company. Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Inc.;

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