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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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Orange EV unveils 3rd generation electric yard truck: e-TRIEVER

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Orange EV commercially deployed its first all-electric yard truck in 2015.Since Since then, it has sold 400 trucks to more than 130 fleets, and accumulated 5 million miles and 1.5 million hours of operation. Transmission: None; direct drive. Available now for purchase, lease, or rent; custom builds delivered in 90-120 days.

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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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Smith Electric Vehicles expands US manufacturing with facility in South Bronx; New York state incentive program for commercial fleet EVs

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Smith will manufacture the battery electric Newton, its medium-duty vehicle with a range of up to 150 miles at the new facility beginning in 2012. A package of city and state incentives of approximately $11 million will augment Smith’s private investment. New York Gov.

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XL Hybrids and Knapheide partner for XLP PHEV upfits on Ford F-150

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announced that The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a commercial vehicle equipment provider in North America, will become a ship-thru installer of XL Hybrids’ XLP plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) upfits on Ford half-ton pickup trucks. Knapheide will begin XLP PHEV upfits ( earlier post ) on Ford F-150s in its Kansas City, Mo.

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Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

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Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emissions solutions for commercial fleets, is taking its new Ford Transit LightningElectric model ( earlier post ) on the road, showcasing the recently released vehicle efficiency ratings of 61 MPGe on in-town routes and 66 MPGe on highway.

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Penske adds Ford E-Transit to its fleet of rental and leasing vans

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The E-Transit is assembled at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant , which is the automaker’s first plant to assemble batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house. Since the Ford Transit’s introduction in 1965, it has become America’s most popular commercial van. The E-Transit offers up to 126 miles of range.

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