Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Ford will bring the all-new Ford Transit commercial van to market with an option for an all-new diesel engine as well as the 3.5L Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2017

Landi Renzo USA , a division of Landi Renzo Group, a global leader in alternative fuel systems, will offer the Ford F-150 with compressed natural gas (CNG) for model year 2018 with Ford Ship-Thru strategically located adjacent to the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City, Mo.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2015

Ford Motor Company sales rose 5% in total US sales in April with 222,498 vehicles sold. Retail sales grew 7%, while fleet sales were up 1%—the company’s best April retail sales in nine years. Ford brand SUVs had a record-setting month—the company’s best April ever—with sales of 62,730 vehicles.

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

In a recent press release, the Leawood Police Department in Kansas announced that it had acquired a Tesla Model Y Long Range for its fleet. Tesla-Kansas City was great. Over a year ago, a cost comparison already showed that the department’s Ford Explorer patrol SUV would cost about $4,500 per year to run.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. Ford and Azure. The vehicle will be badged with both the Ford Blue Oval and Azure’s Force Drive logo. Earlier post.).

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Transit Connect Ford Connect Connected 220

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6 Ford Motor Company will receive $5.9 Ford will be raising the fuel efficiency of more than a dozen models, including the Focus, Escape, Taurus and F-150, representing close to two million new vehicles annually. billion to Nissan North America, Inc.; and $465 million to Tesla Motors.

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Tesla Motors Motor Motors Motoring 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

We’re involved in this initiative to help our customers with fleet operations in Ohio take full advantage of the benefits the ARRA federal stimulus plan has to offer for the adoption of zero-emission all-electric commercial vehicles. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Ohio Clean Cleaning Electric Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

Smith Telemetry aims to simplify fleet management of commercial electric vehicles, while also reducing costs. This is a very cost-effective method for fleet managers to streamline the management of commercial EVs. Based on the Ford Transit, the Smith Edison is powered by a 90 kW electric motor and lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

The partners inroduced the prototype at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg, Va. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will add the first test unit to its fleet to conduct routine and emergency overhead line work in PG&E’s northern and central California service area. Earlier post.).

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All-Electric Electric Vehicles Kansas City Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Kansas City Power & Light. Expanding the EV fleet. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Municipal fleet electrification.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

The Plug-In Partners campaign has now surpassed 6,000 fleet orders. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Large automakers based in Michigan, including GM, Chrysler, and Ford, will receive a total of more than $400 million to manufacture thousands of advanced hybrid and electric vehicles as well as batteries and electric drive components. Ford Motor Company. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. Ford Motor Company. $30.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. Illinois Institute of Technology with City of Chicago, MicroSun Technologies and Commonwealth Edison, Ford Escape Hybrid by All Cell Technologies (March 2007), Chicago, IL, contact: kcampbell@cityofchicago.org , alhallaj@iit.edu , sveupet@gmail.com.

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