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. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

million gallon production mark for its ECO ULTRA line of recycled motor oil. The company then transports that oil to its re-refinery in Wichita, Kansas, where it undergoes hydrotreating to remove all of the water, fuel and solvents as well as metals, asphalt flux and other heavy contaminants. Universal Lubricants has hit the 1.5-million

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

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: $1,499,808. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 1, 2008

This week we welcome Andrew Grin, a 16 year old sophomore from Kansas City who spent the day with us filming during the LA Auto Show. Tags: LA Auto Show The Crew Revenge of the Electric Car Inside Track Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster. Andrew owns a converted pure EV Hyundai.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6 and $465 million to Tesla Motors. Ford Motor Company will receive $5.9 Tesla Motors will receive $465 million in two parts. The Obama Administration is awarding $8 billion in three conditional loan commitments for the development of innovative, advanced vehicle technologies: $5.9

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Baua Electric

JUNE 1, 2023

Each batteries are impaired by way of Tesla, despite the fact that Panasonic has additionally correct to provide Lucid Motors. Panasonic plans to assemble the 2170 batteries in Kansas and 4680 cells at a manufacturing facility in Wakayama, Japan, with output settingup within the April-September length of 2024.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

The comments come amid signs of cooling demand for EVs in the United States that have prompted some automakers, including General Motors and Ford , to scale back production plans. Panasonic Energy has a plant in Nevada and has broken ground on a second one in Kansas.

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Baua Electric

JULY 27, 2023

There’s a slight Kansas liberality arts faculty in a the town of 14,000 that has an endowment that might form some Silicon Valley scenesters blush. This text, written through Diego Rosenberg, used to be initially revealed on ClassicCars.com, a piece of writing spouse of Motor Authority. Would you consider $1.5

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Baua Electric

MAY 4, 2023

a key Basic Motors provider, voted to tied the union. 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., The corporate’s North American industry is headquartered in suburban Detroit.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) have been striking against the Big Three (Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis) for over a month now, and layoffs due to supply chain disruptions have also been ongoing.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

With an all-new, hybrid powertrain that uses a slightly modified drive unit and electric motors used in the 2016 Chevrolet Volt, the Malibu Hybrid offers a GM-estimated 48 mpg city, 45 mpg highway, and 47 mpg combined (4.9, hybrid-optimized naturally-aspirated direct-injected engine mated with a two-motor electric drive unit and a 1.5

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2023

Despite Ford entering the EV market significantly behind Tesla and even lagging General Motors, its vehicles have quickly overtaken its traditional rivals, making the Blue Oval the second most popular EV brand in the United States. This isn’t to say that GM doesn’t have a production ramp planned at all.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

But General Motors wasn’t far behind and managed to settle things with the union early Monday morning. It was apparently too much for the company to endure and news broke early on Monday that General Motors (now standing alone against the UAW) had likewise reached a tentative contract agreement with the union.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

General Motors will invest an additional $1 billion in US manufacturing operations. These investments follow $2.9 billion announced in 2016 and more than $21 billion GM has invested in its US operations since 2009. The new investments cover multiple new vehicle, advanced technology and component projects.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Ford Motor Company announced it will invest $3.7 Panasonic announced a $4 billion plant in De Soto, Kansas that will create 4,000 jobs. billion loan in July 2022 to General Motors for battery manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan. Honda and LG Energy Solution announced a $4.4 Hyundai announced a $5.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

4-cylinder engine mated to a two-motor drive unit slightly modified from the 2016 Chevrolet Volt drive unit powers the Malibu Hybrid. The Malibu Hybrid will be manufactured in Kansas City, Kansas, at the Fairfax Assembly plant from globally sourced parts. engine with start/stop. An all-new direct-injection 1.8L

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The Urban Air Initiative (UAI), the Energy Future Coalition and the states of Kansas and Nebraska have petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to correct what they call the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. —Steven Vander Griend.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Ford Motor Company is expanding its 3-Wet paint ( earlier post ) capacity by 50% this year, adding the more environmentally friendly process to four more plants on three continents. Kansas City Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Mo. Jiangling Motors Co. The actions will reduce CO 2 emissions by an estimated 15-25% at those facilities.

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2022

Ford Motor Company announced today it would invest $3.7 Missouri: $95 million investment and 1,100 union jobs for a third shift at Kansas City Assembly Plant to increase production of the Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van, and the all-new E-Transit electric van. Ford announced that a portion of the $3.7

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Ford Motor Company announced today that it has successfully started shipping its brand new all-electric E-Transit van to customers, working to fulfill the over 10,000 orders the automaker has to for the vehicle. Ford has received orders for the E-Transit all over the U.S.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Part snowboard and part snowmobile/e-skateboard/scooter, the Cyrusher Ripple mounts a jagged 3kW hub motor-wheel in a rear hole on a snowboard and puts the battery in a backpack that the rider must wear. Another idea is to make the integrated battery/motor removable and have paddles off the sides like a paddle boat.

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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. Kansas City Assembly, the second assembly plant building the popular new F-150, continues to ramp up production through the second quarter. Retail sales grew 7%, while fleet sales were up 1%—the company’s best April retail sales in nine years.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2022

The investment will generate 1,100 union jobs for a third shift at Kansas City Assembly Plant. This announcement is a testament to UAW members who contribute their skill, experience and knowledge to the success of Ford Motor Company,” said UAW President Ray Curry. “We Missouri: In Missouri, Ford plans to make a $95 million investment.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

James, New York), Principle VinFast Grapevine (Grapevine, Texas), Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas), and VinFast Wichita (Wichita, Kansas). From VinFast: The first group of VinFast dealers consist of Leith VinFast (Raleigh, North Carolina), Smith Haven VinFast (St.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2009

Ford Motor Company has produced its 100,000th hybrid SUV and used the milestone to restate its commitment to ramping up production of hybrid vehicles this year. The Kansas City Assembly Plant, which employs 4,100 people, has been the hub for Ford’s hybrid SUV production since 2004.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The build tag tells us that this car was assembled at Ford's Kansas City plant on July 14, 1964 (the day Jaxques Anquetil won the Tour de France ). American Motors beat Ford in the midsize sedan game by a year, with the Rambler Classic first appearing as a 1961 model. The 289 is long gone. It was rated at 195 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

gasoline intended for use in E15, ethanol intended for use in E15, or final E15 blend) is only introduced into commerce for use in MY2001 and newer light duty motor vehicle. ”. Some states, including Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas, are prepared to welcome E15 and drivers in those states will be among the first to see E15 at the pump.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Custom Truck One Source , a single-source provider of specialized truck and heavy equipment solutions, is adding Battle Motors to its truck inventory. EV technology developer Battle Motors acquired commercial vehicle OEM Crane Carrier Company in 2021 ( earlier post ). —Fred Ross, CEO of Custom Truck.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

four-cylinder engine mated to a two-motor drive unit, slightly modified from the 2016 Chevrolet Volt drive unit, powers the Malibu Hybrid. The 2016 Malibu goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2015 and will be built from globally sourced parts at GM’s Fairfax Assembly Plant, in Kansas City, Kansas. Malibu Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

General Motors Company Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre announced that GM has made its final payment of $5.8 GM also announced an investment of $257 million at its Fairfax, Kansas, and Detroit Hamtramck assembly centers. billion to the US Treasury and Export Development Canada, paying back its government loans in full, ahead of schedule.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

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 trucks will be assembled at the company’s 80,000 square foot plant in Kansas City. The Smith Newton is the world’s largest battery-electric-powered truck.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 11, 2009

Where the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in. Where the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in. Out on the Kansas two-lane flats near Wichita. The Motor-Head Messiah went to Washington. the Motor-Head Messiah was tuning the system in. The home of the heavy metal Continental. In Wichita. In Washington.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

SEV-US Corp will assemble all-electric commercial vehicles in Kansas City beginning in the third quarter of 2009. Through its US partner, The Tanfield Group Plc, SEV US Corp is also working with Ford Motor Company to electrify the Ford Transit Connect as a battery electric vehicle light-duty van scheduled for production in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

Based on the Ford Transit, the Smith Edison is powered by a 90 kW electric motor and lithium-ion battery pack. At the same time, workers at Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp in Kansas City will fit the new telemetry system to the larger Smith Newton trucks, for customers in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Motor: Brushless AC induction. Orange EV, headquartered in Kansas City, MO, was the nation’s first manufacturer offering 100% electric Class 8 vehicles to be commercially deployed and scaled. Battery Capacity: 180 kWh or 100 kWh. Charge Rate: Up to 70 kW. Range: Up to 24 hours on a single charge. Transmission: None; direct drive.

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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. AM General will manufacture the chassis and SEV US Corp will supply the electric drive train, including the motor, battery pack, electronics and ancillary systems.

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