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The development, which will make Kansas City home to one ofthe nation’sa first assembly plants for electric-powered commercial vehicles, will be formally announced at 12:30 p.m. Fridayg in the former building at1220 N.W. Ambassador Dr. “It’s all signed; it’d a done deal,” City Councilman Russ Johnsonh said. Bryan Hansel, CEO of Smith Electridc Vehicles, had made the company’zs short list. He said at the time that the companh was considering sites in a numbertof states. Starting next year, Hansel the plant will manufacture an electric versionof ’z new Transit Connect light-duty In addition, Smith Electric Vehicles U.S.
plana to begin production of theSmith Newton, a medium-dutu electric delivery truck, in the third quarter of this A 200,000-vehicle-a-year market is anticipated for such trucks, and Smit Electric Vehicles U.S. plans to grab an initiao 5 percent, or 10,000-truck, share of that That will translate to abouft 100 jobs thefirst year, a numbef that is expected to at least double within three years, Hansel said. Hansel will be joined at Friday’sx announcement by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo.
, who will take part in ride-and-drivw demonstrations of the Smith the world’s largest all-electric zero-emission commerical
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