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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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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Battery Booster Pack?

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Rated at 1000 peak amps and 500 crank assist amps, this thing is still good for about three successful starting attempts before needing a recharge even after ten years of use. & The latter type was found to be absolutely useless, in my experience, since most of what I was boosting had batteries that were flatter than Kansas.

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Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

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Full battery recharge requires 6-8 hours. The trucks will be assembled at the company’s 80,000 square foot plant in Kansas City. SEV US is initially focusing its production on battery-electric-powered vehicles for depot-based predictable-route delivery and service fleets. Earlier post.).

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New silicon oxycarbide glass/graphene anode material; lightweight, high-capacity and long cycle life

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Researchers at Kansas State University have developed a new high-performance Li-ion battery anode material combining silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) glass and graphene. The self-standing (i.e., These challenges have not been fully addressed. —David et al. The design enables an approximate 10% weight reduction in the cell.

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New Ford F-150 offering full hybrid powertrain option

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The new F-150 targets the most towing, payload, torque and horsepower of any light-duty full-size pickup, introduces all-new features to increase customer productivity, has new connected vehicle innovations such as over-the-air updates, and offers an available all-new 3.5-liter kWh lithium-ion battery. 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). The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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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., Dual- and quad-port MEVSE-RS configurations that charge two and four EVs from a single utility connection. MEVSE-RS+smart charging dock, which enables communication with the grid to turn drivers’ homes into grid-connected smart charging hubs. Milbank Manufacturing Co. has selected AeroVironment, Inc.

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