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CPKC orders 3.6MW of Ballard fuel cells for expansion of hydrogen locomotive program

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Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). —Dr Kyle Mulligan, AVP Operations Technology CPKC is the combination of two historic railways: Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS). These eighteen, 200 kW fuel cell engines (3.6

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Other: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. plans to study the feasibility of recovering critical minerals from coal and associated strata in the Cherokee-Forest City Basin encompassing Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and the Osage Nation. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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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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Panasonic perceptible third North American EV battery plant

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’s annual industry technique briefing, Tadanobu mentioned his corporate additionally deliberate next-generation enhancements to its cells. Each batteries are impaired by way of Tesla, despite the fact that Panasonic has additionally correct to provide Lucid Motors. ” Talking Thursday right through Panasonic Holdings Corp.’s

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Employees at Missouri Yanfeng plant tied UAW

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a key Basic Motors provider, voted to tied the union. The corporate’s North American industry is headquartered in suburban Detroit. The Riverside facility produces parts for Basic Motors’ Fairfax Meeting Plant in Kansas Town. The UAW mentioned staff at a Yanfeng auto portions plant in Riverside, Mo.,

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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It is now Vietnam’s largest corporate entity by far — with loads of global business partners, an insatiable appetite for growth, and serious political influence. James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas).

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Azure Dynamics and Collins Bus Partner for Hybrid Electric Type A School Buses

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Working in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, Azure Dynamics developed the Balance parallel hybrid electric drive system for Ford’s E-450 Cutaway and Strip Chassis. The system combines a 100 kW AC induction traction motor, power electronics and 288 V NiMH battery pack with the conventional 5.4-liter Click to enlarge.

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