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Is Ford really coming back to India? What could be possible reasons

Baua Electric

Ford announced its exit from the Indian market back in 2021 owing to poor sales resulting in a loss of $2 billion here and eventually completed the exit process in 2022. Ford’s exit from India created quite a ruckus in the country’s automotive market as well as in the country’s business community.

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ORNL, industry partners using high-performance computing to develop new high-temperature aluminum alloys for engines

Green Car Congress

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and Nemak , a specialist in the production of high complex aluminum components for the automotive industry such as cylinder heads and engine blocks, are partnering to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry meet the mandated target of 54.5

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types.

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Polestar 5 will be brand’s top model from 2025

EV Central

This long, low and large four-door coupe, due to go into production in 2024, is all Polestar’s work. Volvo had been bought from Ford by big Chinese car maker Geely in 2010. Polestar’s first EV, the Polestar 2 hatchback, was revealed in 2019 and went into production in 2020. This benefits headroom, which is ample.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Ford, for example, recently cut 3,000 highly-paid salaried and contract workers as a down payment to help fund the transition to EVs. Ford CEO Jim Farley has said , employee cuts are necessary as Ford has “too many places in some places, no doubt about it. Ford is not alone. Mercedes-Benz says it will be investing €1.3

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Researchers Outline Consensus Position on Beneficial Biofuels

Green Car Congress

Noting that society “ cannot afford to miss out ” on the multiple benefits of biofuels “ done right ”, but that society also “ cannot accept the undesirable impacts of biofuels done wrong ,” eleven researchers suggest what they describe as a consensus position on beneficial biofuels in a paper published 17 July in Science. Crop residues.

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