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Route Zero Relay Kicks Off EV Road Trip

Electric Auto Association

Find the Most Up-to-Date EV Tax Credit Guide The IRA federal EV tax credit has numerous battery material and domestic manufacturing requirements. Download our EV Tax Credit Guide and find which EV models make the cut for a full or half tax credit as of early April 2023.

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Li-ion Polymer Battery Maker Kokam America Is Partner of Choice for Smith Electric Vehicles US; Kokam JV With Dow Targeted at Scaling Up Production

Green Car Congress

When Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp (SEV-US) announced on 27 March its selection of Kansas City, Missouri as the site for its US assembly plant for electric commercial vehicles ( earlier post ), SEV-US CEO Bryan Hansel named Kokam America (also based in Missouri) as the electric vehicle company’s battery “ partner of choice. ”

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Kansas City Power & Light.

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Kokam is Smith Electrics partner of choice

Green Cars News

Smith Electric Vehicles has announced that Kokam America will be its battery partner of choice when work begins at its Kansas City, Missouri, site. It was also awarded $144.6million in tax credits towards that plant by the state. For more information on that story, click here.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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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. Tags: Biodiesel Electric (Battery) Ethanol Fleets Fuels Heavy-duty Hybrids LNG Natural Gas. Total DOE award: $12,633,080.