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Ford to assemble electric E-Transit van in Kansas City; building out $3.2B North American EV manufacturing capability

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Ford Motor Company announced that its Kansas City Assembly Plant will build the all-new E-Transit van, part of a more than $3.2 billion investment in Ford’s North American manufacturing facilities to produce a series of new electric vehicles for commercial and retail customers. E-Transit is part of Ford’s more than $11.5

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Ford to build Transit commercial van at Kansas City Plant; $1.1B investment

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Ford Motor Company confirmed that it will build the full-size Transit van at its Kansas City Assembly Plant when the new product joins its North American lineup in 2013. billion in US plants—to design, engineer and produce more new and upgraded vehicles and components by 2015. The company is investing $1.1

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US Postal Service to purchase 9,250 Ford E-Transit electric vehicles and 14,000 EV charging stations

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As part of the earliest stages of the delivery vehicle replacement plan, a contract for 9,250 commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) internal combustion engine vehicles will also be concurrently awarded to fill the urgent need for vehicles. The Ford E-Transit BEVs are manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri.

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This Stevens Institute of Technology Student Got a Head Start in Engineering

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Many teenagers take a job at a restaurant or retail store, but Megan Dion got a head start on her engineering career. At 16, she landed a part-time position at FXB , a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering company in Chadds Ford, Pa., The experience, she says, solidified her decision to become a power engineer.

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Ford to offer 3.5-Liter EcoBoost V6 in Transit Commercial Van for North America

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liter EcoBoost V6 engine in the all-new Transit commercial van debuting in North America in 2013 as a replacement for the E-Series wagon and van. EcoBoost engines are fundamental to the Ford strategy of providing technologically advanced, high-output, smaller-displacement powertrains that deliver improved fuel economy and performance.

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Ford Transit passenger van sales up 30% through June; outselling minvans

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Overall, Ford commercial van performance grew 17% in the first half with a total of 128,378 vehicles sold—largely driven by Transit’s 36% gain in the same period with 78,480 sold. Overall, Ford’s monthly van sales grew 14%—the company’s best commercial van sales since 1978—with 24,404 sold.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now. 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 ). The back seat is full of rusty car parts. Army staff car , a 1965 Dodge D-200 U.S.

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