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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Purchase Electric Vehicles Ford Kansas City 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

The EcoBoost solution has been popular with customers, who have purchased 180,000 Cleveland-built 3.5-liter Later this month, Ford will add one shift of F-150 production at its Kansas City Assembly Plant. Introduced in 2009 on the Ford Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKS, EcoBoost technology combines direct injection and turbocharging.

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Cleveland F-150 Engine Kansas City 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2011

The purchase consideration was largely deferred with the balance due as a series of monthly cash payments. Per the purchase agreement, $5 million of proceeds from this equity raise will be used as a prepayment of the monthly installments. Smith began production of the Smith Newton at its Kansas City assembly plant in October 2009.

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Electric Vehicles Kansas City Kansas Vehicles 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A package of city and state incentives of approximately $11 million will augment Smith’s private investment. The new facility—Smith’s second US manufacturing, sales and service center—will not affect production or job levels at Smith’s headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. New York Gov.

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New York Commercial Manufacturer Fleet 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

In just three weeks under Project Apollo, we’ve unleashed our world-class manufacturing, purchasing and design talent to get scrappy and start making personal protection equipment and help increase the availability and production of ventilators. —Jim Baumbick, vice president, Ford Enterprise Product Line Management.

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Manufacturer Ford Powered Power 292

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. Ford also has developed a specialized new tool to help optimize fleet purchases based on specific fuel types and operating locations. EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.)

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Ford Emissions Diesel Engine 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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Lithium Ion Grant Obama St. Louis 317

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

FTA’s Low-No Program supports transit agencies in purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses and other transit vehicles that use technologies such as battery electric and fuel-cell power to provide cleaner, more efficient transit service in communities across the country. City of Lawrence / Lawrence Transit.

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Grant Vehicles Kansas City Chicago 199

Green Car Congress

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. Schlosser Co.

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Clean Cleaning Kansas City Energy 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

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. The Kansas City region remains committed to displacing diesel fuel with cleaner-burning CNG.

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Renewable Gas Kansas City Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

With funding anticipated at 50 percent of the incremental vehicle purchase price, this program is key to making electric vehicles a viable option for fleet operators. SEV-US Corp will assemble all-electric commercial vehicles in Kansas City beginning in the third quarter of 2009. Bryan Hansel, CEO of SEV-US. Earlier post.)

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Ohio Clean Cleaning Electric Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

Phase One of LCVPP offers subsidies to select public sector bodies, giving them the chance to purchase electric and hybrid vans at the same price as the equivalent diesel vehicles. Governments around the world are funding programs to evaluate electric vehicle technology.

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Kansas City Fleet Lithium Ion Kansas 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2017

Consumers in California markets and Salt Lake City were offered both consumer purchase incentives and carpool lane access, and those in Denver and Seattle had substantial purchase incentives. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure remains a barrier in many markets.

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Market San Jose Kansas City Minneapolis 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

The CNG fueling stations and vehicle purchases totaling $100 million are part of UPS’ ongoing commitment to diversify its fuel sources and reduce its environmental impact. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; The new CNG tractors to be deployed in these cities will be manufactured by Kenworth.

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El Paso Gas San Antonio Alternative Fuels 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition.

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Kansas City Minnesota Oklahoma Austin 100

Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

Captain Kirt Yoder, the agency’s project manager, noted that Tesla Kansas had been quite helpful. Tesla-Kansas City was great. With such savings on the table, it was no surprise that the Model Y purchase for the Leawood PD was unanimously approved by the Leawood City Council.

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Kansas Kansas City Tesla Ford 98

Electric Auto Association

JUNE 1, 2022

That is unheard of when purchasing a new car. The first trip we took together was from Kansas City to Orlando. Elaine’s car was carried on a car hauler for an ECI event we did in Kansas City. I was very fortunate.”. Terri, an avid pilot, in the cockpit. After that, up to New York we went.

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Kansas City Cars Kansas San Diego 92

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Kansas City Power & Light. 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. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. General Motors.

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Obama Charging Financing Alternative Fuels 150

EV Adoption

JUNE 12, 2022

Because of reduced range in very cold weather and longer charging time, adoption of EVs among households in cold-winter markets without garages will likely be one of the last buyer segments to purchase EVs. Solutions for the “EV Charging Challenged” Homeowner Population. Image Source: FLO video.

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