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Ford US sales up 5% in April; SUVs post an April record, hybrid sales down 31%

Green Car Congress

F-Series, America’s best-selling truck, posted an April retail sales gain of 8%—with the continued plant changeover to the new F-150 and limited supply. Kansas City Assembly, the second assembly plant building the popular new F-150, continues to ramp up production through the second quarter.

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J.D. Power: growing usage of safety technologies in new vehicles contributes to increasing vehicle appeal

Green Car Congress

While premium brands historically perform significantly higher than non-premium brands in the APEAL Index, study findings show that the gap between the two in 2015 is the smallest it’s been in the past 10 years, narrowing by 16% since 2006. Ford (three): C-Max, Expedition and F-150. Porsche (three): Cayenne, Cayman and Macan.

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Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study: A Less Expensive Alternative to Diesel

Green Car Congress

The MIT team spun off a startup— Ethanol Boosting Systems , LLC (EBS)—in 2006 to commercialize the concept. PFI engine in a Ford F-150 pickup truck. E85 DI + gasoline PFI engine in an F-series pickup, the leveraging due to 12:1 CR is approximately 5:1 on the EPA M/H drive cycle—i.e., Earlier post.)

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Ford has just announced that its electric F-150 pickup will be called “Lightning,” bringing back a moniker that was applied to high performance F-150 versions in the past, but keeping the electric version within its best-selling brand. This behemoth will be super powerful and long range–and will be expensive too.

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The new 13-band Vehicle Excise Duty Scale

Green Cars News

Includes cars with emissions above 225g/km registered between March 01 2001 and March 23 2006. ** Alternative fuel discount 2009/10: £20 Bands A-I, £15 Bands J-M. All diesel cars registered on or after January 01 2006 are subject to a 3% tax charge. Euro IV vans (registered between March 01 2003 and December 31 2006).

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks. CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In 2006, CalCars worked on a project with Electro Energy, Inc. Its goal is large-volume conversions at $10,000. Go to Hymotion.com. Green Gears, Inc.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We estimate there are between 125-150 PHEVs worldwide at this time; we hope to get the rest of them on the list! Hymotion, February 2006 Hymotion Toronto, Ontario info@hymotion.com 6. Electro Energy, March 2006 CalCars and Electro Energy Danbury, CT info@electroenergyinc.com 7. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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