Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

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.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

Laura Kelly jointly announced that the state of Kansas has approved an Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) state incentive application submitted by Panasonic Energy Co., The company has identified a site in De Soto, Kansas for this potential project. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,118.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2022

Ford Pro is now shipping the first production units of its all-electric E-Transit van to customers across Europe from the Ford Otosan factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, a milestone that closely follows the start of deliveries to US customers from Kansas City Assembly Plant in February. —Hans Schep, general manager, Ford Pro, Europe.

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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 28, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Smith Electric Vehicles announced that Smith will open an electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Chicago. 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.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2022

billion to add over 6,200 union jobs to its manufacturing plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. The investment will generate 1,100 union jobs for a third shift at Kansas City Assembly Plant. billion investment, Ford plans to invest another $1 billion to improve the employee facilities in its manufacturing plants.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Ford’s Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan today makes America’s best selling vehicle—the Ford F-150—and started Ford’s industry-leading closed-loop aluminum recycling innovation ( earlier post ), which was then expanded to other F-150 manufacturing facilities including Dearborn Stamping, Kansas City Truck and Buffalo Stamping.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

will expand its US operations by adding a manufacturing facility in the South Bronx in New York State. Smith will manufacture the battery electric Newton, its medium-duty vehicle with a range of up to 150 miles at the new facility beginning in 2012. Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. The Smith Newton qualifies for this program.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

The Ford E-Transit BEVs are manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri. These domestically sourced vehicles will be 100% electric and are part of the 21,000 COTS vehicles included in the Postal Service’s vehicle acquisition plan announced in December 2022.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Smith Electric Vehicles Corp. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Kansas City, Mo., has decided not to pursue its planned initial public offering. and outside of Newcastle, U.K.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

Ford began production of the North American Transit at Kansas City Assembly Plant on 30 April, and vans will be available in US and Canada this summer. Transit vehicles built in Kansas City are the first to use a new two-wet monocoat paint process developed by Ford and its paint suppliers. Click to enlarge.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2010

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

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

IC Bus will manufacture CE Series school buses with propane out of its school. The CE Series will also be on display at this year’s National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Annual Summit in Kansas City, Mo., —Gary Winemaster, chairman and CEO, PSI. bus assembly plant in Tulsa, Okla. 8-11 November.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In November, Panasonic, which is a battery cell supplier for Tesla, broke ground on its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Kansas. 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. .

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Kansas Kansas City Batteries Battery 71

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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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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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 7, 2023

Find the Most Up-to-Date EV Tax Credit Guide The IRA federal EV tax credit has numerous battery material and domestic manufacturing requirements. Los Angele s April 26 or 27th — Santa Monica Pier A member of the Union of Concerned Scientists will be driving to Flagstaff, AZ, and podcasting along the way. See more on the EV fact sheet.

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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. What do you think of the article? Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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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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Kansas City Kansas Missouri Downsizing 83

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 12 new CNG stations will be built by TruStar Energy in Amarillo, Texas; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Columbia, S.C.; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; Trinidad, Colo.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

liter is manufactured in Ford’s Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It will be exported to Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo., liter Power Stroke is one of several engines that will be available for Transit in North America, including the 3.5-liter liter EcoBoost gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Kansas City Assembly Plant, Claycomo, Mo. Locations with 3-Wet capability in Asia Pacific include Chennai Assembly, Tamil Nadu, India; CAF 2, Chongqing, China; and Ford Thailand Manufacturing, Rayong, Thailand. Locations where Ford is installing the 3-Wet process in 2013: Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Flat Rock, Mich.

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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

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEVUS) will finalize the purchase of its United Kingdom-based parent company, Smith Electric Vehicles (UK), creating the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles. Smith UK has been a leading manufacturer of zero-emissions battery-electric commercial vehicles in Europe since the 1920s.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

GM’s last facility to see a walkout was the incredibly important Spring Hill Manufacturing located in Tennessee. billion for Louisville Assembly (with some slated for new EVs and hybrid models of existing cars); $1 billion in Kansas City Assembly; and $900 million set aside to maintain localized F-Series production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2009

The new Fusion and Milan mid-size sedan hybrids—which go on sale this spring—deliver 41 mpg city driving, 36 mpg highway. The Kansas City Assembly Plant, which employs 4,100 people, has been the hub for Ford’s hybrid SUV production since 2004.

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National Green Transportation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Duane Reade announced yesterday a partnership with Kansas City based electric truck manufacturer, Smith Electric Vehicles. This pilot program makes Duane Reade the first U.S. retail pharmacy to adopt vehicle electrification for delivery vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

powertrain contributes to EPA-estimated fuel economy ratings of 25 mpg in city driving and 36 mpg on the highway, for a combined 29 mpg with MSRP of $22,340 - $30,355. The Malibu Hybrid will be manufactured in Kansas City, Kansas, at the Fairfax Assembly plant from globally sourced parts.

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National Green Transportation

DECEMBER 25, 2010

The electric truck maker based in Kansas City, Smith Electric Vehicles (SEVUS), was the US branch of a British company with a long history of electric truck manufacturing. Do you like this story? In Feb 2009 the conglomerate, Tanfield Group, entered the US market.

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2022

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.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

Sinopoly will also become a preferred supplier for certain electric vehicle components that can be manufactured in its Hangzhou facility. Smith Electric will resume production in its Kansas City, Missouri, facility in mid-summer 2014. Sinopoly is entitled to appoint one director in SEV after the completion of the listing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

These are the first conditional loan commitments reached as part of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. The Department plans to make additional loans under this program over the next several months to large and small auto manufacturers and parts suppliers up and down the production chain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics , a developer and manufacturer of direct methanol fuel cell technology ( earlier post ) on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks in four commercial wholesale distribution centers.

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Fuel Kansas City Kansas Renewable 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

The trucks will be assembled at the company’s 80,000 square foot plant in Kansas City. SEV US will begin production using chassis from multiple vehicle manufacturers. In collaboration with the Ford Motor Company, SEV US will upfit Ford chassis to deliver Ford’s first electrified vehicle for the North American market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

The Ze gives Enova entry into the chassis manufacturer market, said James Badalamenti, Director Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Ultimately, he said, Enova would like to evolve its position to become a Tier 1 supplier to commercial OEM chassis manufacturers. Earlier post.) Undercarriage of the Ze. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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