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Tesla Model Y welcomed by Kansas PD, expected to give cost savings

Teslarati

Tesla-Kansas City was great. Over a year ago, a cost comparison already showed that the department’s Ford Explorer patrol SUV would cost about $4,500 per year to run. That was a time when the city’s gas was at $1.75 . “I ended up contacting about ten agencies from New York to California. per kWh.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

(Now it’s even withdrawn that compact van from the US market, shortly after Ram itself killed off its ProMaster City counterpart in 2023.) 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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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

(Now it’s even withdrawn that compact van from the US market, shortly after Ram itself killed off its ProMaster City counterpart in 2023.) 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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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

Green Car Congress

For drive cycles, the Argonne team used the Kansas City data collected in 2005 by the US EPA, which instrumented more than 100 drivers and collected their driving statistics for one day. Basic comparison of fuel consumption showed mean values of: Basic conventional: 6.6 L/100km (35.6 Hybrid (HEV): 4.69 L/100km (50.2 L/100km (71.9

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