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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

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Ford is opening an E-Transit registration site today for commercial customers ahead of order banks opening by July. To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit.

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Selects Kansas City for Electric Truck Assembly Plant; Newton Model to Be First

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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. Earlier post.)

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Ford Pro begins shipping all-new E-Transit

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Ford Pro has begun shipping the all-new E-Transit from Kansas City Assembly Plant—the company’s first US plant to assemble both batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house. The new E-Transit is produced at Kansas City Assembly Plant—Ford’s first US plant to assemble both batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house.

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Milbank Manufacturing selects AeroVironments EV charging solutions for national distribution program to expand charging infrastructure

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of Kansas City, Mo., Dual- and quad-port MEVSE-RS configurations that charge two and four EVs from a single utility connection. MEVSE-RS+smart charging dock, which enables communication with the grid to turn drivers’ homes into grid-connected smart charging hubs. Milbank Manufacturing Co.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Expansion of manufacturing for existing electric drive power electronics components for both passenger and commercial vehicles. Increasing US capacity to manufacture hybrid systems for the commercial truck market. Manufacturing: Michigan and Kansas City, MO; Deployment: several utility partners’ fleets. Indianapolis, IN.

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Ford Transit passenger van sales up 30% through June; outselling minvans

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Overall, Ford commercial van performance grew 17% in the first half with a total of 128,378 vehicles sold—largely driven by Transit’s 36% gain in the same period with 78,480 sold. Overall, Ford’s monthly van sales grew 14%—the company’s best commercial van sales since 1978—with 24,404 sold. liter V6, 3.5-liter

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Partners with Clean Fuels Ohio Program To Target $10M in Federal Funding

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We’re involved in this initiative to help our customers with fleet operations in Ohio take full advantage of the benefits the ARRA federal stimulus plan has to offer for the adoption of zero-emission all-electric commercial vehicles. Bryan Hansel, CEO of SEV-US. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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