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Ford increasing production of popular electric, gasoline and hybrid vehicles

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Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant will add a third crew in April to increase production of the best-selling Transit and E-Transit vans In addition to production increases, Ford is studying ways to boost output at Dearborn Truck Plant to meet continued strong demand for the gas and PowerBoostTM hybrid models of the F-150. sales increase.

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Electric Monster Truck Crushes Puny Gasoline Cars This Weekend

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Remember the world's first all-electric monster truck? If you're at the AutoRama Car Show in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend, you'll be able to see it in action.

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Slowing EV uptake may delay Panasonic’s EV battery expansion, says CEO – ET Auto

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A slowdown in the take-up of electric vehicles in the U.S. State of Nevada and is building a second one in Kansas, as part of a push to expand annual battery capacity to 200 gigawatt hours by March 2031. It would probably take a while for the company to make a decision, Kusumi said. Panasonic Energy has a battery factory in the U.S.

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

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The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that?

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Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

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The LightningElectric is a battery-electric drivetrain package for the heavy-duty Ford Transit, a product used extensively by commercial and government fleets. The fuel cell uses hydrogen to charge the electric batteries for a longer-range zero-emissions fleet solution.

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

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The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that?

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DOE finalizes $132M loan guarantee to support the Abengoa cellulosic ethanol project

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million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas, LLC (ABBK) to support the development of a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. million gallons of gasoline, which will avoid over 139,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The US Department of ENergy (DOE) finalized a $132.4

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