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Electric Car Company and Liberty Electric Cars Intend to Form JV for EV Conversions of Luxury 4x4s

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a vehicle conversion company specializing in electric conversions and manufacturing for the livery and fleet markets, and Liberty Electric Cars , USA LLC ( earlier post ) intend to form a joint venture for the conversion of large luxury 4x4s to all-electric drive, as well as the manufacture of new EVs. Electric Car Company, Inc.

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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. Preliminary conversations with commercial customers indicate a healthy mix for demand across all eight configurations, with roughly 40% leaning toward high-roof vans and 60% pointing to medium-roof, low-roof, cutaway and chassis cab versions.

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USDA establishes four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas

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Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

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Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes. “I

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

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After an abortive effort to offer a third-party electric conversion of the first-generation Transit Connect, Ford hasn’t done another compact EV delivery van. Ram is importing its ProMaster EVs from Saltillo, Mexico, while Ford builds E-Transit vans at its Kansas City Assembly plant in Missouri.

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EV gateway

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They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. I’d done a conversion with lead acid batteries in 1982 on a 1971 VW Beetle,” Garver continued. “I’d Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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NTSB recommends nationwide ban on personal electronic devices while driving; also calls for modifications to the equipment and the completion of a NHTSA rulemaking on collision warning systems

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Following a Board meeting on a 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle. Source: NTSB presentation. Click to enlarge. Background.

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