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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. The zero-emission E-Transit was designed with insight from 30 million miles of customer telematics data showing that the average commercial van drives 74 miles per day.

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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. Earlier post.)

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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EVs Cost Less to Maintain A recent study by Consumer Reports on repair and maintenance data from thousands of drivers shows that EV drivers pay about half of what drivers of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles pay for maintenance and repairs. Thanks to federal regulations, EV batteries are required to be 8 years or 100,000 miles.

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Select the Right EV Charging Management Partner for your NEVI Program Project

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Accepting NEVI funds means committing to meeting the program’s industry-leading requirements for operational excellence, industry standards support, and maintenance for at least five years. Conclusion It’s exciting to see progress toward building a robust EV charging network along 79,000 miles of U.S.

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Enova Systems Shows Ze, Outlines Planned Improvements in School Bus Plug-in Hybrid Drive

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Engineered specifically for urban delivery routes and service/maintenance operations, the Enova Ze plug-in step van drive system offers a range of up to 150 miles per charge and can reach a top speed of 65 mph. 10 per mile—significantly less than the average of $.24-$.48 48 per mile in a comparable diesel vehicle.

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Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

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Equipped with a 120 kW induction motor and a Li-ion battery pack, it has a top speed of up to 50 mph, a range in excess of 100 miles and a payload of up to 16,280 lbs. The Altec component, an AT37-G aerial boom, is a telescopic articulating device used for electric utility line maintenance and installation. feet and reach of 28.3

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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Regis Mohawk reservation located 15 miles from one of the committed facilities. Outreach for this Area will include access to the region’s “Come Farm With Us” campaign, which targets new & beginning farmers and the St.

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