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Smith Electric Vehicles US Selects Kansas City for Electric Truck Assembly Plant; Newton Model to Be First

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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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Kansas City Kansas Electric Vehicles Transit Connect

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

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MARCH 2, 2023

The December 2022 plan announced intended acquisitions over the next five years of a 75% electric fleet of Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV). The Ford E-Transit BEVs are manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri. Overall, the Postal Service’s total investment in vehicles is expected to reach $9.6

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Purchase Electric Vehicles Ford Kansas City

6.8M gallons in new contracts for Redeem renewable natural gas

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Clean Energy announced last week that trucking fleets that operate in the ports are taking delivery of additional clean heavy-duty trucks. The City of Ontario, Calif. signed a 5-year RNG supply contract for an approximate 3 million gallons of Redeem to reduce fleet emissions in accordance with the City’s sustainability goals.

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Renewable Gas Kansas City Los Angeles

Landi Renzo USA to offer MY 2018 F-150 with CNG; 50,000-mile warranty

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APRIL 26, 2017

Landi Renzo USA , a division of Landi Renzo Group, a global leader in alternative fuel systems, will offer the Ford F-150 with compressed natural gas (CNG) for model year 2018 with Ford Ship-Thru strategically located adjacent to the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City, Mo. gaseous prep engine via Ford dealers as a Ship-Thru.

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F-150 USA 2018 Miles

Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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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.

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Clean Cleaning Kansas City Energy

Ford US sales up 5% in April; SUVs post an April record, hybrid sales down 31%

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MAY 5, 2015

Retail sales grew 7%, while fleet sales were up 1%—the company’s best April retail sales in nine years. F-Series, America’s best-selling truck, posted an April retail sales gain of 8%—with the continued plant changeover to the new F-150 and limited supply.

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F-150 Sale Ford SUV

SwRI to demonstrate use of electric vehicles as part of emergency power microgrid under US Army SPIDERS program

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7-million contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. The Fort Carson team, led by Kansas City, Mo.-based

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Parts Electric Vehicles Power Powered

Smith Telemetry for EVs Launches at CV Operator Show

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APRIL 12, 2010

Smith Telemetry aims to simplify fleet management of commercial electric vehicles, while also reducing costs. This is a very cost-effective method for fleet managers to streamline the management of commercial EVs. Smith is one of three companies that are supplying a total of 70 electric LCVs in Phase One.

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Enova Systems Shows Ze, Outlines Planned Improvements in School Bus Plug-in Hybrid Drive

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Enova is supplying drive systems to Smith Electric Vehicles, and recently announced a major contract with First Auto Works (FAW) in China for hybrid buses. Enova has demonstrated the Ze to USPS, Aramark, Amazon.com, UPS, the US Army, the Department of Energy, and several other national fleets and vehicle OEMs. Earlier post.)

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Kansas City

Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

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JUNE 22, 2009

The partners inroduced the prototype at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg, Va. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will add the first test unit to its fleet to conduct routine and emergency overhead line work in PG&E’s northern and central California service area.

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All-Electric Electric Vehicles Kansas City Vehicles

Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

SEV US has commenced production of the Smith Newton electric truck platform at its assembly facility in Kansas City, Missouri, and currently has an order book of 255 trucks. The Transit Connect BEV will use the same proven cell technology that is currently deployed in the Ford Escape plug-in hybrid fleet that is on the road today.

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Transit Connect Ford Connect Connected

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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JULY 21, 2016

Kansas City Power & Light. Expanding the EV fleet. The Office of Federal Sustainability is inviting State, county and municipal government fleets to join forces with Federal agencies to maximize their collective buying power, and aggregate their EV and charging infrastructure purchases. Municipal fleet electrification.

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APRIL 21, 2009

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Selects Kansas City for Electric Truck Assembly Plant; Newton Model to Be First

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

6.8M gallons in new contracts for Redeem renewable natural gas

Landi Renzo USA to offer MY 2018 F-150 with CNG; 50,000-mile warranty

Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

Ford US sales up 5% in April; SUVs post an April record, hybrid sales down 31%

SwRI to demonstrate use of electric vehicles as part of emergency power microgrid under US Army SPIDERS program

Smith Telemetry for EVs Launches at CV Operator Show

Enova Systems Shows Ze, Outlines Planned Improvements in School Bus Plug-in Hybrid Drive

Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

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

Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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