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Electric Truck Maker * USA - KC Gets $22 Mil Federal Grant
Kansas City,MO,USA -Alternative Energy Newswire -April 2, 2010: ... The $22 million federal Department of Energy grant to Smith Electric Vehicles is in addition to $10 million the DOE gave the company last August... Kevin Kelly, chief financial officer for Smith Electric, said the Kansas City facility has 50 employees assembling two trucks a week. By the end of the year, it hopes to be assembling 25 trucks a week and to have more than 100 employees, including workers in research and development... The money will help pay for vehicle development and establish a demonstration program to show how the trucks perform in different applications. Customers will be able to get subsidies to participate in the demonstration program... Some of Smith’s customers include Frito-Lay, Staples and Kansas City Power & Light... (Photo: Smith Electric Vehicle plug in truck)Labels: electric trucks
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