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Ford tops off 2023 with best-ever quarter for EVs and two best-sellers

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The Ford F-150 Lightning and E-Transit were the best-selling vehicles in their respective segments, and in Q4, the company marked a 24 percent increase in sales from Q3. Credit: Ford Ford was the first major company to make this commitment, and only Aptera, a small, solar-focused EV startup, was before it. in 2023, a 7.1

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Tesla Cybertruck reservation holders maintain high ‘intent to buy,’ survey

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Other vehicles with a strong “intent to buy” include the Rivian R1T and R1S, the Ford F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E, and the Aptera. According to its findings, roughly 75% of Cybertruck reservation holders plan to purchase the vehicle, which essentially remains unchanged from last year.

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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. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe.

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New EV electric car calendar

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Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. Ford F-150 Lightning – EV version of America’s top-selling large pick-up truck is also the fastest and most powerful. ish seconds).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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