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

APRIL 11, 2022

Ford Pro is now shipping the first production units of its all-electric E-Transit van to customers across Europe from the Ford Otosan factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, a milestone that closely follows the start of deliveries to US customers from Kansas City Assembly Plant in February.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. CNG is made by compressing natural gas to less than one percent of the volume it occupies at standard atmospheric pressure. San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.;

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri. And E-Transit can further help save on operating costs compared to gas-only vans. E-Transit is an electrified version of Ford Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2016

Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150.

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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. gaseous prep engine via Ford dealers as a Ship-Thru.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

will construct new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for Arlington Transit (ART) in Arlington County, Virginia; Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) in Long Island, NY; and North Kansas City (MO) School District, which is set to become the largest school district in the US to transition its school bus fleet to CNG.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Kansas City EAA chapter members challenge government regulation as part of their efforts to support clean energy. T Not always a win On another front, the Mid-America chapter was on the losing side in a challenge to a tax leveled on electric and hybrid vehicle (EV) owners in Kansas.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A Tesla Semi unit is in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl LVII in an epic matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, with Frito Lay taking center stage as the company’s colors wrap the all-electric truck. A Tesla Semi was spotted in Glendale, and an image was posted to the r/TeslaMotors subreddit.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

The project also supports RTC’s efforts to transition its aging diesel bus fleet to zero emission vehicles to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in an area where ozone levels currently exceed air quality targets. City of Lawrence / Lawrence Transit. Kansas City Area Transportation Authority.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The impact of new gas-mileage rules on passenger cars gets all the attention, but proposed increases apply to commercial vehicles too. In 2013, Ford will start building its full-size Transit van in Kansas City, replacing the current Ford E-Series.

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

Captain Kirt Yoder, the agency’s project manager, noted that Tesla Kansas had been quite helpful. Tesla-Kansas City was great. That was a time when the city’s gas was at $1.75 “I ended up contacting about ten agencies from New York to California.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago will be Smith’s third location in the United States, joining the headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., and a manufacturing facility in New York City. Fleets can stack the State of Illinois’ Alternative Fuel Vehicle and EV Charging Station Rebates on top of the City’s incentive.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Also included is a water-cooled high-performance electric-controlled exhaust gas recirculation valve that is better able to withstand coolant pressure drops. It will be exported to Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo., liter EcoBoost gasoline engine. The Power Stroke 3.2-liter which received a $1.1

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Due to the eliminated stand-alone primer application and dedicated oven—both reducing the paint booth size—Ford saves electricity from the blowers that circulate massive volumes of air through paint booths, and reduces its use of natural gas needed to heat the air and ovens. Kansas City Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Mo.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The all-electric E-Transit is assembled at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant , which is the automaker’s first plant to assemble batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house. Ford has received orders for the E-Transit all over the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately USD$29 billion, which includes the assumption of $3.8 Joining seamlessly in Kansas City, Mo.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

The engine also features Chevrolet’s first application of Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery, or EGHR, technology, which uses exhaust heat to warm the engine and cabin. Additional fuel economy benefits come from Exhaust Gas Recirculation, or EGR. EGHR improves engine warm up and assures consistent fuel economy performance in cold weather.

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2022

billion into the development of new electric and combustion engine vehicle projects, including new versions of the gas-powered Mustang and Ranger pickup. Ford Motor Company announced today it would invest $3.7 The investment will add an additional 6,200 UAW jobs to three of its factories located in the midwest.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s why we have a 30% conversion rate from gas to electric, which is very high,” Kirsch continued. “We The first trip we took together was from Kansas City to Orlando. Elaine’s car was carried on a car hauler for an ECI event we did in Kansas City. It’s a highly coveted assignment. Not all fit the bill.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The gas version wins on payload, too, holding 700 to 1,500 pounds more cargo than the EV’s maximum of up to 3,020 pounds. Now it’s even withdrawn that compact van from the US market, shortly after Ram itself killed off its ProMaster City counterpart in 2023.) liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Earp Distribution (Kansas City, Kan.), Eliminating electric grid based battery charging also reduces greenhouse gas emissions. and Commerce, Calif.), and Testa Produce (Chicago). By eliminating time-consuming battery changes, fuel cell lifts can increase overall distribution center productivity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

This research will develop a computational fluid dynamics model to perform simulations describing the heterogeneous gas-solid absorption/regeneration and water-gas-shift reactions for a regenerative magnesium oxide-based process that removes carbon dioxide and enhances production of hydrogen in coal gasification processes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

The engine also features Chevrolet’s first application of Exhaust Gas Heat Recovery, or EGHR, technology, which uses exhaust heat to warm the engine and cabin. Additional fuel economy benefits come from Exhaust Gas Recirculation, or EGR. l/100 km) in city driving—an 8% increase over the current model. An 80-cell, 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

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. The trucks will be assembled at the company’s 80,000 square foot plant in Kansas City. Full battery recharge requires 6-8 hours.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The gas version wins on payload, too, holding 700 to 1,500 pounds more cargo than the EV’s maximum of up to 3,020 pounds. Now it’s even withdrawn that compact van from the US market, shortly after Ram itself killed off its ProMaster City counterpart in 2023.) liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

As a result of the expansion of its relationship with Smith Electric Vehicles, Enova’s 120kW all-electric drive systems were recently seen in Smith’s Newton delivery trucks that were deployed with AT&T, Frito Lay, Staples, Coca-Cola, Pacific Gas & Electric and Kansas City Power & Light. Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 31, 2009

As a new driver, learning on the roads of Kansas City, I pass by Suburbans and Tahoes on a daily basis. At that moment I made a promise to myself to never call a gas car my own. Welcome back to guest blogger Andrew Grin … Andrew Grin and his modified Hyundai Tuscon. “Who Killed the Electric Car?&#

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. 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.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) are the first Newton customers in the USA. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 3, 2021

A 1900 advertisement from General Electric (formed through the 1892 merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric) touted the advantages of electric Christmas lighting over gas and candles: "No Danger, Smoke or Smell." Linda Hall Library , in Kansas City, Mo.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Kansas City Power & Light. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. Pacific Gas & Electric. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). National Grid. NextGen Climate America. New York State. Orange and Rockland. Portland General Electric.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

SEV US has commenced production of the Smith Newton electric truck platform at its assembly facility in Kansas City, Missouri, and currently has an order book of 255 trucks. Darren Kell, CEO of The Tanfield Group Plc.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

The partners, who introduced the prototype at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg Virginia, will send the first test unit to the fleet of the Pacific Gas and Electricity Company to conduct routine and emergency overhead line work in the northern and central California service area.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

It is targeting an EPA-estimated range of approximately 700 miles on a single tank of gas and will deliver at least 12,000 pounds of available maximum towing. kW output on optional gas engines, while PowerBoost-equipped F-150 comes standard with 2.4 liter EcoBoost V6. Pro Power Onboard is available with a 2.0 Kw of output.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

First recipients include: Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L). Smith Electric Vehicles US, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Earlier post.). Coca-Cola Enterprises. Payload is more than 16,000 lbs (7,257 kg).

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