Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2015

Kansas City, Missouri, will become the latest municipality to gain an electric-car charging infrastructure this year. A local utility company is leading the effort to build a comprehensive network of charging sites for drivers of plug-in vehicles.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, KS, following the approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Two contractors from the local Kansas City area, Emery Sapp & Sons Inc., Panasonic Energy Co., and Kissick Construction Co.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

The company is also preparing to launch all-new versions of four significant vehicles in 2023: Super Duty, Ranger, Mustang and Escape. Transit and E-Transit: Also adding an additional crew in April is Kansas City Assembly Plant, which manufactures the Transit and the E-Transit vans, America’s best-selling gas and electric vans in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Ontario currently operates 88 CNG-powered vehicles, having recently purchased six new refuse trucks and the City’s first CNG-powered asphalt patch truck. One of the largest sweeping companies in the nation, Nationwide Environmental Services based in Norwalk, Calif. The company services over 2.5

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2014

Kansas City-based Smith Electric Vehicles has become the latest electric-vehicle building startup to cease operations--though the company says it isn''t shutting its doors for good. According to Kansas City Business Journal, the.' The firm builds electrically-powered commercial vehicles both in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit. It will be built alongside the Transit at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Missouri.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The company intends to withdraw its registration statement on Form S-1 as filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. We received significant interest from potential investors, however, we were unable to complete a transaction at a valuation or size that would be in the best interests of our company and its existing shareholders.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2018

In a new study, NREL researchers focused on the key observability aspects of new modes and the rate of shifts in mobility patterns across airports in the regions of San Francisco, Portland, Denver, and Kansas City—all US DOT Smart City Challenge finalists.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2017

announced that The Knapheide Manufacturing Company, a commercial vehicle equipment provider in North America, will become a ship-thru installer of XL Hybrids’ XLP plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) upfits on Ford half-ton pickup trucks. Knapheide will begin XLP PHEV upfits ( earlier post ) on Ford F-150s in its Kansas City, Mo.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A Tesla Semi unit is in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl LVII in an epic matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, with Frito Lay taking center stage as the company’s colors wrap the all-electric truck. Parent company PepsiCo. The company recently announced a $3.6 and E Portland St.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2023

The two companies agreed on a 100,000-unit deal for the EDV, and Rivian started delivering them last year, while Amazon put them to work almost immediately. So far, Rivian’s EDVs are carrying Amazon packages in more than 500 cities and regions across the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2019

This is the largest commitment for use of RNG to date by any company in the United States, with a range of 22.5 - 25 million gallon equivalents per year. At the same time, we hope our unprecedented seven-year commitment serves as a catalyst for wider adoption of RNG by other companies. Commerce City, Colo.; Oklahoma City, Okla.;

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced a planned 2013 capital commitment program of approximately $4.1 BNSF Railway is one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies operating on 32,500 route miles of track in 28 states and two Canadian provinces. The largest component of the capital plan is spending $2.3

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Tesla Full Self-Driving is going to be criticized by Dan O’Dowd’s Dawn Project in an advertisement that will air during the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. To focus their attention, @NHTSAgov must turn off FSD until Tesla fixes all safety defects.”

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Before being selected as the site for the $4 billion EV battery manufacturing factory, Kansas was wooing Panasonic with a song written with the company’s seven principles in mind. Kansas was also marketing its geography, land sites, workforces, and an almost $1 billion state incentive package. Your feedback is welcome.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

will construct new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for Arlington Transit (ART) in Arlington County, Virginia; Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) in Long Island, NY; and North Kansas City (MO) School District, which is set to become the largest school district in the US to transition its school bus fleet to CNG. Schlosser Co.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Smith’s Kansas City assembly plant and corporate office currently employ approximately 50 people. The company anticipates employment to reach more than 100 by the end of the year. Participating customers will receive a subsidy from the program for allowing their vehicles to be part of the demonstration fleet.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2022

Penske plans to make the all-electric E-Transit vans available for rental and longer-term full-service leasing, the company said in a press release. The E-Transit is assembled at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant , which is the automaker’s first plant to assemble batteries and all-electric vehicles in-house.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2020

Funds will be awarded directly to the National Laboratories to support work with companies under Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). Kansas City National Security Campus. A 50/50 cost-share will be required between DOE and the private partner, which can include an in-kind contribution.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Chicago will be Smith’s third location in the United States, joining the headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., and a manufacturing facility in New York City. The City is also considering additional incentives such as preferential loading zones and decreased registration costs to complement the voucher program.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6 The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, first appropriated in the fall of 2008, will provide about $25 billion in loans to companies making cars and components in US factories that increase fuel economy at least 25% above 2005 fuel economy levels. Nissan will receive $1.6

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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. The company said that it has more than 300 customers who have placed orders for over 10,000 total units.

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National Green Transportation

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Kansas City based electric truck manufacturer Smith Electric Vehicles is expanding again with a new electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Chicago, the company announced on Wednesday. The new manufacturing plant is expected to add hundreds of.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A package of city and state incentives of approximately $11 million will augment Smith’s private investment. The new facility—Smith’s second US manufacturing, sales and service center—will not affect production or job levels at Smith’s headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. New York Gov.

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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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; The new CNG tractors to be deployed in these cities will be manufactured by Kenworth. The use of natural gas reduces greenhouse gas emissions six to 11 percent, according to the US Department of Energy. Columbia, S.C.; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.;

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the United States, the Eva-Tone Company of Deerfield, Illinois became the leading manufacturer of vinyl “sound sheets” (their preferred trademark) by the mid-1960s and promoted their use in “mailing pieces, financial reports, product instruction, sales training, and packaging inserts.”

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

.’ After launching a pilot program this past Summer in a dozen cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, Rivian and Amazon have expanded their fleet of EDVs to over 1,000 units present in more than 100 cities across the United States.

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2023

The E-Transit receives a more conservative production bump , aiming for an annual run rate of 38,000 vehicles at the Kansas City Assembly Plant, which manufactures the Transit and the E-Transit vans. Ford’s aggressive EV production ramp only becomes far more apparent when compared to its big-three siblings.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately USD$29 billion, which includes the assumption of $3.8 Joining seamlessly in Kansas City, Mo.,

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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. The actions will reduce CO 2 emissions by an estimated 15-25% at those facilities. Jiangling Motors Co.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

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. But its most important role is putting together powertrains and body panels for some of the automakers’ highest-volume models.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

Westinghouse Electric Company and the Missouri Electric Alliance led by Ameren Missouri have formed a utility participation group called the NexStart SMR Alliance to advance deployment of the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR). The Empire District Electric Company; and Kansas City Power and Light Company.

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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. Retail sales grew 7%, while fleet sales were up 1%—the company’s best April retail sales in nine years. Ford brand SUVs had a record-setting month—the company’s best April ever—with sales of 62,730 vehicles.

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2022

Finally, deliveries in production models of the Rivian EDV are set to expand to over 100 cities in the U.S. by the end of the year, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities,” the e-commerce giant said.

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