Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

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. The current SUV line at the Kansas City facility, which will be idled for re-tooling after the current Escape model is phased out in April, will re-open in 2013.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Kansas City Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC) will install streetlight-based EV charging stations under a pilot program evaluating curbside charging.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The first 2016 Ford F-150 with the ability to run on compressed natural gas has rolled off the assembly line in Kansas City. The 2016 Ford F-150 with 5.0-liter

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Electrek

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday. Clean energy now provides 25.22% of total US available installed generating capacity. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

million in additional financing from several investors, including the Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Illinois Corn Growers Associations. Jacobs provided installation support of its patented Cylinder Deactivation (CDA) technology, which complements the ClearFlame high-temperature, carbon-neutral strategy.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2023

In response to Tesla’s statement, Panasonic decided to install an additional production line at Gigafactory Nevada, sources told Nikkei Asia. The Japanese battery supplier already selected Kansas as the site for a 4680 plant. Panasonic shifted its plans for the Kansas facility.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Photo: Waffle House EV charging company EnviroSpark is installing National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program DC fast chargers at Waffle House in Lakeland, Tennessee. The chargers they’re installing are made in South Carolina, and they exceed federal sourcing and kWh requirements.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to those in the know at Automotive News , Ford is slashing the required dealer training on electron eaters in half, while also cutting the number of EV chargers a retailer must install. As well, the requirement of building a burly Level 3 DC fast charger sometime before 2026 has been removed from the agreement altogether.&

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Kansas City EAA chapter members challenge government regulation as part of their efforts to support clean energy. I’m the unofficial guy keeping tabs on what happens legislatively in Kansas,” said Schwanke, noting that he has testified at hearings way more times than he can remember.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2023

Mazda plans to install Panasonic’s cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells into electric vehicles (EVs) scheduled to launch by the end of the 2020 decade. The Japanese battery supplier has a second battery plant under construction in Kansas, which is expected to manufacture 2170 cylindrical cells.

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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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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Kansas City-based Savion, a Shell Group subsidiary, is Oak Run’s developer. Read more: Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. The 800-megawatt (MW) solar farm will have two 3.5-mile-long

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Panasonic, which has a plant in Nevada, is currently building a new factory of 2170-type cells for EVs in De Soto, Kansas, its second in North America. Panasonic now says that the Kansas plant will take its annual battery capacity to 88 GWh a year, with plans to raise that to 200 GWh by early 2031. Get started here.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2016

The event is being hosted by the Metropolitan Energy Center/Kansas City Regional Clean Cities in conjunction with Veolia/Kansas City Transportation Group and Alliance AutoGas. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter Behind the autogas truck, they will be trailering a propane mower.

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Electrek

JUNE 15, 2021

The largest utility in Kansas will make its first solar investments and says it will reach net zero by 2045. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Before 2010, reciprocating engines typically had no more than 9 MW in capacity, but in recent years, larger units that range from 16 MW to 19 MW have been installed throughout the United States. Several of these engines are typically installed at one generation facility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Phase two, which will install new compressors and associated equipment to improve the performance and efficiency of the station, is scheduled for summer 2020. The Kansas City region remains committed to displacing diesel fuel with cleaner-burning CNG.

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Teslarati

JUNE 1, 2022

Reuters , who initially reported on Panasonic shipping 4680 samples to Tesla, said the company is looking at sites in Kansas and Oklahoma, people familiar with the matter said. Tesla has been installing the 4680 battery packs in some Model Ys manufactured at the company’s new facility in Austin, Texas. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

In addition, the program includes about $250 million for continued installation of federally mandated positive train control (PTC) and $550 million for terminal, line and intermodal expansion and efficiency projects. BNSF also plans to spend approximately $1 billion on locomotive, freight car and other equipment acquisitions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The order for 100 Enova 120kW drive systems will be installed into Smith Newton trucks in Kansas City, MO. Enova Systems, Inc. has received an incremental order to deliver 100 electric drive systems to Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV), manufacturer of the all-electric Smith Newton truck.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

Ford QVM dealers and upfitters perform installations and service. One will go westbound to California and throughout that state (Sacramento, San Francisco, Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, Long Beach), while the other will travel eastbound through Detroit to New York (Kansas City, Detroit, Albany, New York City).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

This order follows two from earlier in the year, totaling 120 units year-to-date, and will be installed into Smith Newton trucks manufactured in Kansas City. Smith Electric Vehicles has ordered 50 Enova 120 kW all-electric drive systems for the Smith Newton. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. The community seeks to reduce carbon monoxide pollution to improve air quality and quality of life in their EPA-designated non-attainment area. Eligible applicants for Low-No funding included public transit agencies, state transportation departments and Indian Tribes. Delaware Transit Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

The project will be based in Oregon and will support additional suppliers and operations in California, Idaho, Washington, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, Texas and Maryland. The Energy Department’s cooperative agreements require that the reactors be built domestically.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

BP Wind Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Rolling Thunder I Power Partners LLC, has signed a purchase agreement to install a high-storage battery at its Titan 1 Wind Farm in South Dakota. BP also has one of the largest operated renewable energy businesses of any major international oil and gas company.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

The company has been selling to professional installers, but is now moving the product into retail channels, said John Wesley, CEO. Universal Lubricants has hit the 1.5-million million gallon production mark for its ECO ULTRA line of recycled motor oil. Earlier post.) The US produces approximately 1.3

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

installations—Joint Base Pearl. SPIDERS uses the conceptual designs of an Energy Surety Microgrid developed by Sandia National Laboratories, and has four specific goals for electric power surety at US military installations: To protect critical. installations more efficiently, thus reducing petroleum. sources into the.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

BIP funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation must be used to pay a portion of the costs related to the installation of fuel pumps and related infrastructure dedicated to the distribution of higher ethanol blends, for example E15 and E85, at vehicle fueling locations. State finalists and estimated pumps. North Carolina. North Dakota.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sprint ($250,000 DOE investment): Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, Sprint will deploy fuel cell-powered backup power systems for rooftop telecommunications equipment. Air Products and Chemicals will also test this new technology under real-world operating conditions at hydrogen fueling stations in southern California.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

Experts in engineering and aquatic ecology will install more than 30 new measurement systems in hydropower reservoirs and agricultural watersheds across the two states. University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. Studies will focus on identifying the presence, extent and timing of harmful algal blooms as they relate to water quality.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Locations where Ford is installing the 3-Wet process in 2013: Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Flat Rock, Mich. Kansas City Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Mo. This results in significant reductions of CO 2 emissions, as well as reductions in VOC compared to current medium-solids and solvent-borne paints. Jiangling Motors Co.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2022

The investment will generate 1,100 union jobs for a third shift at Kansas City Assembly Plant. The $1B investment will give employees access to healthier foods, install EV chargers in the parking lots, add more lighting in the parking area, and make other changes. Missouri: In Missouri, Ford plans to make a $95 million investment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The first station will be installed in Atlanta followed by Chicago, Houston, Denver and Sacramento. The second phase will target 14 cities (Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Antonio/Austin, Oklahoma City, St. The DOE estimates the initiative will provide the equivalent of more than 3 million gallons of petroleum annually.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Abengoa held the grand opening of its cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, located about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Dodge City. billion liters) of annual installed production capacity distributed among 15 commercial-scale plants in five countries. Click to enlarge. million liters) per year.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 2, 2021

Installing electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations on your property can benefit your business in many ways — from attracting customers to luring top talent. On the federal, state and local levels, there are a plethora of tax credits for installing electric-vehicle charging stations.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

When it comes to sheer number of plugs available, California is far ahead of other states with 34,001 plugs installed, more than five times the number at the next state, New York. In contrast, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Dakota and Kansas had no incentives. The ranges of chargers per capita varied from 7.3

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