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Panasonic Energy Picks Kansas For $4B EV Battery Megaproject

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New Panasonic Energy electric vehicle (EV) battery facility will create up to 4,000 jobs in the Kansas City Region, and is the largest economic development project in state history.

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Ford E-Transit Van Promises Low TCO

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unveiled its 2022 E-Transit all-electric cargo van and says it will be built at its Kansas City assembly plant starting late next year, with prices starting at under $45,000. Ford Motor Co. Looking much like current gasoline-powered Transits, the new product will be rear-wheel drive, have similar…

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Blue Nile Contractors Cited for Trench Violations

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Blue Nile Contractors $210,037 for failing to protect employees from trench collapse and electrical hazards. OSHA says its inspectors saw workers exposed to trenching and excavation hazards at a site in Kansas City, Missouri, in May…

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New Study Reveals Cost Effectiveness of Solar Panels

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Home Innovation Research Labs’ new study looks at the cost effectiveness of solar panels across five markets across the country: Phoenix, Tampa, Boston, Kansas City, and Seattle. Utility tariff for purchasing excess electricity generated at the house. Solar resource at the site and panel orientation. Read More. .

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BNSF Opens New Logistics Park Intermodal Facility In Kansas

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BNSF Railway introduced its new Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC) Intermodal Facility in Edgerton, KS in October, 2013. LPKC is projected to help create an estimated 7,400 jobs in the area of the development and 13,000 jobs in the state of Kansas at full build-out. Five wide-span, electric, rail-mounted gantry cranes.

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New coronavirus vaccine trial underway in the US and funded by the Bill Gates Foundation uses ‘skin-deep’ shots instead of jabs into the muscle which is typically used

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The pinch should feel like a simple skin test, a researcher told one of the 40 volunteers lying on an exam table in Kansas City, Missouri, on Wednesday. Pictured: A participant receives an injection in Kansas City, Missouri, April 8. ‘People are beating down the door to get into this trial.’ ’ .

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.