Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

After an abortive effort to offer a third-party electric conversion of the first-generation Transit Connect, Ford hasn’t done another compact EV delivery van. Ram is importing its ProMaster EVs from Saltillo, Mexico, while Ford builds E-Transit vans at its Kansas City Assembly plant in Missouri.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

It has a top speed of up to 50 mph, a range on one battery charge in excess of 100 miles and a payload of up to 16,280 lbs. In addition to its partnership agreement with Ford on the Transit Connect, SEV US Corp will expand its zero-emission product line to include other van and light truck models based on demand.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

In a surprising decision, Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US have agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van that would have been based on the Transit Connect.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

The new F-150 targets the most towing, payload, torque and horsepower of any light-duty full-size pickup, introduces all-new features to increase customer productivity, has new connected vehicle innovations such as over-the-air updates, and offers an available all-new 3.5-liter kilowatt version.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2018

3-D printing this microlattice structure, the researchers show in a paper published in the journal Additive Manufacturing , vastly improves the capacity and charge-discharge rates for lithium-ion batteries. I don’t believe anybody until now has used 3-D printing to create these kinds of complex structures. —Rahul Panat.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

Concepts like ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and levering connected vehicle technologies to police driving from an environmental and social standpoint are rooted in the key principles of Vision Zero. Those programs have since been adopted in New York City; Tampa, Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Columbia, Missouri; and Eugene, Oregon.&

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EV Connect

MAY 17, 2021

Here are just a few incentives you can seek out to lower the cost of your transition and offset the costs of installing the necessary charging infrastructure. Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit The other major tax incentive applies to companies that install alternative fuel sources including electric vehicle charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The process will produce butanol and will also be able to produce ethanol The research team has a strong connection with Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies, LLC in this area of research. Missouri University of Science & Technology. This project will develop a microbially catalyzed electrolysis cell that uses electricity (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Develop and deploy up to 100 electric vehicles, such as “Ampere” (Ford Transit Connect EV), “Faraday” (Ford F150 EV conversions), Step Vans, and “Newton” medium-duty trucks. Missouri University of Science and Technology. $5. Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. DOE Award ($mil.). .

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