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Enova Announces Incremental 100 System Order from Smith Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

The order for 100 Enova 120kW drive systems will be installed into Smith Newton trucks in Kansas City, MO. This order is a part of the expected 500+ units through 2011 funded via the $32M DOE award granted to SEV earlier this year. This recent order follows three previous orders from SEV totaling 220 units for 2010.

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Smith Electric Vehicles Orders 50 Enova Drive Systems

Green Car Congress

This order follows two from earlier in the year, totaling 120 units year-to-date, and will be installed into Smith Newton trucks manufactured in Kansas City. The order puts Enova on track to culminate in a total order of more than 250 by year end.

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UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With All Detroit Automakers, Striking Ends

The Truth About Cars

That includes a 25-percent wage increase over the duration of a contract that won’t expire until 2028, the reinstatement of cost-of-living adjustments that were dumped in 2009, improved profit-sharing with workers, faster employee progression to the top wage tier, and eventual abolishment of tier wage scales over the next four years.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington. Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. Lowest total cost of ownership of any charging system. Lowest total cost of ownership of any charging system. We are the lowest total cost of ownership. It’s an exciting time.