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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

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It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. kilowatts of available power to help customers use and recharge job site tools ranging from belt sanders to miter saws. E-Transit is an electrified version of Ford Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van.

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Smith Telemetry for EVs Launches at CV Operator Show

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For the fleet manager, this system delivers unprecedented real time information on each electric vehicle’s location and state of charge —Kevin Harkin, Sales Director for Smith Electric Vehicles. Edison can typically achieve 80 miles on a full charge, and can be fully recharged in as little as three hours.

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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. Here the controller drives as long as possible using battery energy, depleting the state of charge (SOC) from 90% to 30%. L/100km (35.6

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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

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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 can be recharged in six hours. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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New Ford F-150 offering full hybrid powertrain option

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The electric motor applies regenerative braking energy capture to help recharge the 1.5 The system even provides power on the move to charge tool batteries in between jobs. The F-150 is assembled at Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. kilowatt version.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Puget Sound Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Project. The project includes 45 E85 and B20 stations, eight propane stations, and 132 electric vehicle recharging sites.

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Milbank Manufacturing selects AeroVironments EV charging solutions for national distribution program to expand charging infrastructure

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of Kansas City, Mo., AV) of Monrovia, California to provide AV’s electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to its customers—including utilities, developers, contractors, businesses, and consumers—through Milbank’s nationwide distribution network. Milbank Manufacturing Co. has selected AeroVironment, Inc. (AV)

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