Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Custom seating, ADA up-fitting and integration with the Lightning Vehicles on the contract are handled by Nor Cal Vans of Chico, California; MobilityWorks based in Richfield, Ohio; Fenton Mobility Products of Buffalo, New York; Sunset Vans based in Corona, California; and Diamond Coach of Oswego, Kansas.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Together, these components amount to nearly 80% of the materials cost of a lithium-ion battery. Among other partners, Panasonic will be the first to source Redwood copper foil for cell production in the Nevada Gigafactory and its cathode material for battery cell production in its new Kansas plant, targeted to come online in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regionally, satisfaction with the availability of public charging infrastructure is highest in the West (616) and lowest in the West North Central region (563), which includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Smith produces zero-emission vehicles that are designed to be an alternative to traditional diesel trucks, providing higher efficiency and lower total cost of ownership. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Kansas City, Mo., and outside of Newcastle, U.K.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

.” MacPhee says that the training includes topics such as charging infrastructure questions and EV range, along with demonstrations of GM’s cold-weather technology, EV ownership cost comparisons with gas cars, and more. Cost of ownership is one of our biggest levers that we can pull,” he adds.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As anyone with half a brain would expect, many complaints were lodged about the cost of Level 3 chargers, most of which can recharge an EV in jig time but can hoover up a six-figure invoice without blinking. Dealers apparently argued that slow Level 2 chargers were more than sufficient to keep new EVs full of juice for test drives.&

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Panasonic, which has a plant in Nevada, is currently building a new factory of 2170-type cells for EVs in De Soto, Kansas, its second in North America. Panasonic now says that the Kansas plant will take its annual battery capacity to 88 GWh a year, with plans to raise that to 200 GWh by early 2031.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2009

For drive cycles, the Argonne team used the Kansas City data collected in 2005 by the US EPA, which instrumented more than 100 drivers and collected their driving statistics for one day. Cost benefit analysis. Based on the results, Argonne also modeled out the cost-benefit of the different configurations. Aymeric Rousseau.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The order for 100 Enova 120kW drive systems will be installed into Smith Newton trucks in Kansas City, MO. The $32-million grant is being used to offset the cost of future vehicle development and to incentivize customers to participate in a vehicle demonstration program.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

This order follows two from earlier in the year, totaling 120 units year-to-date, and will be installed into Smith Newton trucks manufactured in Kansas City. The order puts Enova on track to culminate in a total order of more than 250 by year end.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 29, 2024

The only new American-made station wagon that cost more as a 1981 model (not counting coachbuilt stuff or whatever edge-case wagon-ish machinery you're already getting angry about) was the even bigger Buick Electra Estate Wagon and its $12,092 price tag ($43,667 after inflation).

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2023

GM and Ford laid off around 500 workers across four production facilities earlier this month, and last month, GM was forced to shut down a Kansas facility employing roughly 2,000 people. GM and Ford have also said their cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) have increased overall compensation in the offers to over 30 percent.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2013

million goes to four projects intended to boost the productivity of sustainable algae, while cutting capital and operating costs of commercial-scale production. Based in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii Bioenergy will develop a cost-effective photosynthetic open pond system to produce algal oil. Nearly $16.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2018

Selections for this investment focus on key early-stage technical challenges related to non-precious metal catalysts; fuel cell membranes; reversible fuel cells; and electrolyzers to produce hydrogen, as well as innovative concepts to improve efficiency and lower costs of hydrogen vehicle refueling infrastructure. 1,000,000. .: 999,399.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The cost of buying and running an EV varies depending on where you live. In contrast, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Dakota and Kansas had no incentives. Calculating the cost of gas compared to the cost of electricity over the length of car ownership, Jerry found Washington, Oregon and Nevada EV owners would save more than $4,800.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago will be Smith’s third location in the United States, joining the headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., The program’s initial $15 million is funded by resources from the federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) program and will provide vouchers to assist companies in reducing the costs of converting their vehicles to electric.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

billion for the issue—effectively covering the cost of the recall itself, but not other factors like reputation. A new-generation Chevy Bolt EV is set to replace the Malibu at GM’s Kansas plant, likely arriving later in 2025. LG eventually agreed to pay GM $1.9

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We’ve already noted that premiums are up with car insurance costs having risen by 52 percent in just the last three years. But the cost of living has jumped dramatically within the same time frame. However, there are a few items we can point to that assuredly had an impact on a national level. Money is arguably the biggest factor.

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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

MAY 5, 2011

Comprising 39 contiguous counties in Missouri and Kansas, the first BCAP Project Area proposes the enrollment of up to 50,000 acres for establishing a dedicated energy crop of native grasses and herbaceous plants (forbs) for energy purposes. This project is intended to help spur the development of next-generation biofuels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. Ford will bring the all-new Ford Transit commercial van to market with an option for an all-new diesel engine as well as the 3.5L EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

That includes a 25-percent wage increase over the duration of a contract that won’t expire until 2028, the reinstatement of cost-of-living adjustments that were dumped in 2009, improved profit-sharing with workers, faster employee progression to the top wage tier, and eventual abolishment of tier wage scales over the next four years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2022

by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Rivian’s electric Amazon Delivery Van starts deliveries in San Francisco as testing continues. Finally, deliveries in production models of the Rivian EDV are set to expand to over 100 cities in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

nonattainment and maintenance areas based on: the magnitude of a state’s contribution; the cost of controlling pollution from various sources; and. The rule defines upwind state obligations to reduce. pollution significantly contributing to downwind. the air quality impacts of reductions. Once EPA determined these obligations, including the.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The total cost of the project is just more than $2 million; NREL will contribute $900,000 to fund the project and Oorja will provide $1.2 Earp Distribution (Kansas City, Kan.), and Commerce, Calif.), and Testa Produce (Chicago).

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Driivz

JANUARY 28, 2024

Intended to remove the speedbumps from building a high-speed EV charging network along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors , NEVI grants cover up to 80% of the cost of new or upgraded EV charging infrastructure. Consider Francis Energy , the fourth-largest owner and operator of fast-charging stations in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A team at the University of Kansas has demonstrated the feasibility of an integrated wastewater algae-to-biocrude process using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) that can sustainably cultivate algal biomass for biofuel production. Flow diagram of the solvent extraction and product recovery method used. Credit: ACS, Roberts et al.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The cost of the project, estimated at US $1.9 For example, future DC lines will connect generators in Kansas to a neighboring network in Illinois, stretch from Wyoming to California , and move wind and solar energy across the Southwest. billion , may seem like a major investment, but it is a fraction of what U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2017

Moreover, technological innovations have helped lower the overall costs of cars while disposable income in many countries has increased. In 2015, the one-year pilot program, Bridj, created a “microtransit” hybrid of ride-hailing and bus service in Kansas City. Thus, the private car will likely continue to reign supreme.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 2, 2021

Tax credits for installing EV charging stations are available in a variety of forms, and many of them apply toward the cost of equipment and installation. Washington state offers tax credits for up to 50% of the costs of equipment and related costs. They include incentives for installing EV charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

measurement capabilities and lowering the cost of electric. electrolyte materials composed of low cost iron. battery will have a target storage cost of less than $100/kWh, which could enable deployment of renewable energy technologies throughout the grid. the University of Kansas, and Vanderbilt. Oak Ridge National.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. 2.0% (mostly woody biomass). of the available cropland and cropland pasture acreage base. Central East.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Potential routes include New York-Washington DC, Pune-Mumbai, Kansas City-St. He arrived with the figure of $20 plus operating costs for a one-way ticket on the passenger Hyperloop after spreading the capital cost over 20 years. Louis, Bratislava-Brno, Vijaywada-Amaravati, and many others. Is it really a novel idea?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Kansas City Power & Light. A multi-partner team, led by PNNL as part of the Battery500 research consortium, will receive an award of up to $10 million per year for five years to drive progress on DOE’s goal of reducing the cost of vehicle battery technologies. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. General Motors.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. Lowest total cost of ownership of any charging system. Lowest total cost of ownership of any charging system. We are the lowest total cost of ownership. But on top of cost, if I can take 2.2 It’s an exciting time.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

In addition, the proposal includes cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) that boost total worker pay to more than $42 per hour. GM’s tentative contract includes almost $2 billion in investments going toward electric vehicle (EV) development at plants in Michigan, Kansas and New York.

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