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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. The zero-emission E-Transit was designed with insight from 30 million miles of customer telematics data showing that the average commercial van drives 74 miles per day.

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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 Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

It is targeting an EPA-estimated range of approximately 700 miles on a single tank of gas and will deliver at least 12,000 pounds of available maximum towing. The F-150 is assembled at Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. liter EcoBoost V6. kilowatt version.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

kw , which the company estimates is enough to add 220 miles of range after a day of charging. That’s part of a mayoral target to add 10,000 streetlight EV chargers throughout the City of Angels. Kansas City and New York began testing the concept in 2021, with the latter reporting high utilization rates.

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Electrek

JANUARY 26, 2022

Ford’s versatile E-Transit 126-mile electric sprinter/cargo/van platform began production from its Kansas City, Missouri plant. Deliveries begin in a few weeks. I drove it, but drive impressions have to wait.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ford’s new 2024 E-Transit electric van (Source: Ford) Ford is now shipping the new 2024MY E-Transit With 89 kWh (up from 67 kWh) of usable energy, the enhanced-range battery provides up to 159 miles range, 32% more than the current model (108 miles). It can also fast charge (10% to 80%) in 28 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2017

Knapheide will begin XLP PHEV upfits ( earlier post ) on Ford F-150s in its Kansas City, Mo. Fleets will maintain the complete OEM warranty, and get a three-year, 75,000 mile warranty from XL Hybrids on the XLP powertrain. XL Hybrids, Inc. facility starting in fourth quarter 2017. Earlier post.)

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Kansas City EAA chapter members challenge government regulation as part of their efforts to support clean energy. Sure, if you have a Tesla with a 300-mile range and you’re using the highways, it’s a different story.” When the meetings are in person, it gives me an excuse to go to Kansas City.”

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A Tesla Semi unit is in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl LVII in an epic matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, with Frito Lay taking center stage as the company’s colors wrap the all-electric truck. A Tesla Semi was spotted in Glendale, and an image was posted to the r/TeslaMotors subreddit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

BNSF’s expansion and efficiency projects will be primarily focused on capacity expansion to accommodate Bakken Shale-related industrial products growth, intermodal terminal expansion, such as the completion of BNSF’s Kansas City Intermodal Facility, and other terminal improvements to enhance productivity and velocity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

Last month, Lightning Systems announced that it has developed a hydrogen fuel cell version of the LightningElectric developed in partnership with several industry partners that will extend the range of the vehicle to more than 200 miles.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 11, 2022

In July 2022, Amazon announced that Rivian EDVs would be deployed in locations across the United States, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Rivian and Amazon worked closely together to design the EDV vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2016

The USDOT has pledged up to $40 million (funding subject to future appropriations) to one city to help it define what it means to be a “Smart City “and become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies—self-driving cars, connected vehicles, and smart sensors—into their transportation network.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2011

The truck delivers a top speed of 55 mph, offers end users battery ranges from 50 to 120 miles on a single charge and a payload of more than 16,000 pounds. Smith began production of the Smith Newton at its Kansas City assembly plant in October 2009.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L). The Smith Newton electric truck is powered by lithium-ion batteries from Valence Technology and a 120 kW induction motor for a range of more than 100 miles on a single charge. Smith Electric Vehicles US, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Kansas City, Mo.,

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

mile-long transmission lines. Kansas City-based Savion, a Shell Group subsidiary, is Oak Run’s developer. The $1 billion Oak Run Solar Project , approved by the Ohio Power Siting Board last week, will sit on over 6,000 acres in Madison County, west of Columbus. Bill Gates owns some of that land.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

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.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2022

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. The E-Transit offers up to 126 miles of range. Additionally, more units will be added to its rental network and its leasing locations across North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.;

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Its lithium-ion batteries deliver top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h), a range of up to 100 miles (161 km) on a single charge and can be recharged from flat to full in 6-8 hours. Separately, Smith Electric Vehicles US has begun assembly at a temporary facility at Kansas City International Airport.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The trucks will be built in Smith Electric’s Kansas City, Mo., The Newton delivers a top speed of 55 mph (88 km/h) and offers end users battery ranges from 50 to 120 miles (80km-192km) on a single charge, ideal for urban deliveries, utilities and personnel transport applications.

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2022

The pilot program accumulated over 90,000 miles of real-world testing and resulted in 430,000 package deliveries. Finally, deliveries in production models of the Rivian EDV are set to expand to over 100 cities in the U.S. 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

AUGUST 13, 2009

Engineered specifically for urban delivery routes and service/maintenance operations, the Enova Ze plug-in step van drive system offers a range of up to 150 miles per charge and can reach a top speed of 65 mph. 10 per mile—significantly less than the average of $.24-$.48 48 per mile in a comparable diesel vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Equipped with a 120 kW induction motor and a Li-ion battery pack, it has a top speed of up to 50 mph, a range in excess of 100 miles and a payload of up to 16,280 lbs. The trucks will be assembled at the company’s 80,000 square foot plant in Kansas City. The Smith Newton is the world’s largest battery-electric-powered truck.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

Edison can typically achieve 80 miles on a full charge, and can be fully recharged in as little as three hours. At the same time, workers at Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp in Kansas City will fit the new telemetry system to the larger Smith Newton trucks, for customers in North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

ETEC and its partner Nissan will demonstrate up to 5,000 Nissan electric vehicles with a 100 mile range and deploy up to 12,500 Level 2 and 250 Level 3 chargers. gross vehicle weight) with a 100 mile range. Manufacturing: Michigan and Kansas City, MO; Deployment: several utility partners’ fleets. Chrysler LLC. $70.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). —Dr Kyle Mulligan, AVP Operations Technology CPKC is the combination of two historic railways: Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS). These eighteen, 200 kW fuel cell engines (3.6

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 31, 2009

As a new driver, learning on the roads of Kansas City, I pass by Suburbans and Tahoes on a daily basis. Very simply, the Tucson travels far enough for my daily needs (about 50 miles), and it can travel up to highway speeds (75+). Welcome back to guest blogger Andrew Grin … Andrew Grin and his modified Hyundai Tuscon.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

It can power the Malibu Hybrid up to 55 miles per hour (88 km/h) on electricity alone. The 2016 Malibu goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2015 and will be built from globally sourced parts at GM’s Fairfax Assembly Plant, in Kansas City, Kansas. An 80-cell, 1.5 Adaptive Cruise Control with Front Automatic Braking.

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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. The largest discrepancies are found with medium distances of 15-25 miles; these drive cycles are characterized by both low and large power demands.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 9, 2022

It might be able to transport passengers at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour in floating pods that race along inside gigantic low-pressure tubes, either above or below ground. The pods should be able to travel at speeds of up to 750 miles per hour as a result of this. Hyperloop is currently being developed by a number of companies.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) are the first Newton customers in the USA. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri. It can be recharged in six hours.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

It comes with a 120kW induction motor and a lithium-ion battery pack capable of a range in excess of 100 miles and a payload up to 16,280lbs. The trucks will be assembled at the company’s 80,000sq ft Kansas City plant. The full battery recharge takes six-eight hours.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

What’s more is that proceeding with the Transit Connect would have meant limiting the working capital available to support the growth of the Newton, which has already commenced production at the assembly facility in Kansas City, Missouri, and has an order book of 255 trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Kansas City Power & Light. A 350 kW charging system could charge a 200-mile range battery in less than 10 minutes. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light. Maui Electric. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately USD$29 billion, which includes the assumption of $3.8 Joining seamlessly in Kansas City, Mo.,

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