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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. The SEV US Newton. Click to enlarge.

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Tesla Model Y welcomed by Kansas PD, expected to give cost savings

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The department noted that they started looking into the idea of an all-electric patrol car last year after seeing dismal reviews of available hybrid patrol cars. Captain Kirt Yoder, the agency’s project manager, noted that Tesla Kansas had been quite helpful. Tesla-Kansas City was great.

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Smith Electric Vehicles to open manufacturing facility in Chicago

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Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

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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.

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Ford to offer new diesel engine option in new Transit van; new Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Cost Calculator

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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. E-Series full-size vans and cutaways are available with flex fuel or CNG/LPG gaseous engine prep package fuel systems. EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.) in 2008 to 53.7%

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NREL teaming with Oorja to validate direct methanol fuel cell technology in material handling applications

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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.), Methanol offers high fuel density and low fuel and fueling infrastructure costs. and Commerce, Calif.), and Testa Produce (Chicago).

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

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Orange EV electric trucks are proven to deliver 98-99% average uptime and a lower total cost of ownership, with many customers experiencing a 3- to 4-year payback on a 10-year expected life. Available now for purchase, lease, or rent; custom builds delivered in 90-120 days. million hours of operation. Charge Rate: Up to 70 kW.