Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

trillion miles in the first nine months of 2016, an increase of 3.0% billion miles were driven in September 2016 alone—a 2.4% billion miles were driven in September 2016 alone—a 2.4% The seasonally-adjusted vehicle miles traveled for September 2016 were 268.7 billion miles. US driving topped 2.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2016

Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Kansas City International Airport has four 30-foot BYD battery-electric K7s, and BYD’s largest airport customer to date, Los Angeles World Airports, has ordered 20 of BYD’s 60-foot articulated K11Ms. The K9M has a range of up to 150 miles and charges in two to three hours.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2017

Landi Renzo USA , a division of Landi Renzo Group, a global leader in alternative fuel systems, will offer the Ford F-150 with compressed natural gas (CNG) for model year 2018 with Ford Ship-Thru strategically located adjacent to the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City, Mo. gaseous prep engine via Ford dealers as a Ship-Thru.

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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

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

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Abengoa held the grand opening of its cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, located about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Dodge City. The Hugoton cellulosic ethanol plant covers 400 acres, more than 380 of which will be used to store biomass from local farmers. Click to enlarge. million liters) per year.

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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. 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.

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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., Coca-Cola Enterprises.

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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

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 17, 2013

the Center for Transportation and the Environment will develop a fuel cell hybrid electric walk-in delivery van with a 150-mile (241 km) range per fueling. FedEx Express will develop a hydrogen fuel cell delivery truck with a range of up to 150 miles per fueling and test 20 of these trucks at FedEx facilities in Tennessee and California.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2011

We've seen trips from Alaska to Mexico in an electric race car and 25,000 miles in a Tesla Roadster, amongst others. It's human nature to take on challenges, and for many in the electric car industry that means embarking upon huge road trips in cars not known for their long ranges.

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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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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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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. Technology.

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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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

will receive $1 million to pilot “last mile” electric bus services. million to accelerate the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles, as well as supporting infrastructure, through community-based partnerships throughout Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. Pecan Street Inc. City of Seattle Department of Transportation will receive $1.9

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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

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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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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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Kansas City EAA chapter members challenge government regulation as part of their efforts to support clean energy. I’m the unofficial guy keeping tabs on what happens legislatively in Kansas,” said Schwanke, noting that he has testified at hearings way more times than he can remember.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

to be injected more than 2 miles underground into a saline formation. More than 1 million tons of CO 2 per year will be captured from various industrial sources, compressed, and transported via two new intra-state pipelines for CO 2 enhanced oil recovery and deep saline sequestration research in Kansas. DOE Share: $2,696,556).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2016

The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. The Department developed the Smart City Challenge as a response to the trends identified in the Beyond Traffic draft report.

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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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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 1, 2024

This turbocharged car has 129,000 miles, an automatic transmission, and is on its second owner. Despite this, the asking price for this Kansas-based car is $10,000. Clean-looking not running. There's an issue with the oil-pump shaft. The seats have been redone. There's a dent in the hood and the trunk doesn't open.

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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

JUNE 13, 2012

Regis Mohawk reservation located 15 miles from one of the committed facilities. Outreach for this Area will include access to the region’s “Come Farm With Us” campaign, which targets new & beginning farmers and the St.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles. Chicago, Ill.;

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

“it’s gonna happen, but I don’t I don’t know if it’ll happen in your lifetime and mine,” says Ron Barrett-Gonzalez , an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Kansas. The University of Kansas team’s GoFly entry, called Mamba , had been one of 10 Phase I winners for best design. million machine.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 11, 2009

100 miles per gallon is the Continental Rule. Out on the Kansas two-lane flats near Wichita. Johnny Magic, Johnny Magic. The home of the heavy metal Continental. She was born to run on a Proud Highway. Now she goes long range on domestic green fuel. The home of the heavy metal Continental. She was born to run on a Proud Highway.

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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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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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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. Additional fuel economy benefits come from Exhaust Gas Recirculation, or EGR.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Among them are two pathways for cellulosic ethanol produced by Abengoa Bioenergy at its Hugoton, Kansas plant. California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted thirteen new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website. One pathway uses corn stover for feedstock, the other uses wheat straw.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Stretching 140 miles of the original iconic roadway from Seligman to Topoc, communities along the way plan to host local events for all participants. We’re hoping as many EVA members as possible from across the US will join us in the historic Fun Run,” said Elaine Borseth, EVA president. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2025

Lucid (LCID) confirmed that its new Gravity SUV will provide up to 450 miles of EPA-estimated driving range. The high-performance EV batteries unleash a whopping EPA-estimated range of up to 450 miles. Panasonic currently produces battery cells in Japan, but it is expected to move production to its new Kansas facility soon.

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