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Kansas City Assembly Plant comes on line as second US plant building new Ford F-150

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Ford has begun production of the 2015 F-150 ( earlier post ) at Kansas City Assembly Plant, which joins Dearborn Truck Plant in building the first mass-produced light-duty pickup truck with a high-strength, military-grade, aluminum-alloy body. In 2011, Ford announced a $1.1

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Ford to build Transit commercial van at Kansas City Plant; $1.1B investment

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Ford Motor Company confirmed that it will build the full-size Transit van at its Kansas City Assembly Plant when the new product joins its North American lineup in 2013. billion in US plants—to design, engineer and produce more new and upgraded vehicles and components by 2015. The company is investing $1.1

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Electric utility in Kansas leads push to get electric cars on roads

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CHECK OUT: Kansas City Power & Light To Build 1,000 Electric-Car Charging Sites (Jan 2015) A. But efforts are not limited to the Golden State. If one electric utility has its way, more electric cars will soon be plying the roads of America's heartland.

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Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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will construct new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for Arlington Transit (ART) in Arlington County, Virginia; Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) in Long Island, NY; and North Kansas City (MO) School District, which is set to become the largest school district in the US to transition its school bus fleet to CNG. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Ford US sales up 5% in April; SUVs post an April record, hybrid sales down 31%

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For the first four months of 2015, combined hybrid sales were down 29%, from 27,877 units to 19,699. Both conventional and plug-in models generally showed year-on-year declines during the four-month period—the exception being the C-MAX Energi, which showed better results in March and April 2015 than the year prior.

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7 finalists announced for USDOT Smart City Challenge; Amazon Web Services new partner

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The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. When the challenge was issued in December 2015, the Department’s launch partner, Paul G. The credits, support, and collaboration will help the winning city design and build a Smart City on the AWS Cloud.

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EPA proposes increase in renewable fuel levels for CY 2017

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EPA will hold a public hearing on this proposal on 9 June 2016, in Kansas City, Mo. The biofuel industry and fuel retailers are now investing billions more to continue building the infrastructure needed to get these fuels into the market. Renewable Fuel Volumes Requirements for 2014-2018 (billion gallons US). CAA target.

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