Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2022
The average SUV contains up to 350 kilograms (771 pounds) of plastic that could sit in a landfill for centuries but for the recycling process reported in an open-access paper in the debut issue of a new Nature journal, Communications Engineering.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. However, they noted, there are also many challenges associated with the use of biobased parts in the auto industry. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations.
Teslarati
MAY 5, 2021
The ongoing chip shortage has adversely affected the auto industry, and Ford has acknowledged this. In April alone, Ford sold 3,365 F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid pickups and 3,695 electrified Ford Escape SUVs. In April alone, Ford sold 3,365 F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid pickups and 3,695 electrified Ford Escape SUVs.
EV Central
DECEMBER 18, 2022
JAC will roll out right-hand drive SUVs the same year, while passenger cars will follow after that. The future of JAC is EV,” declared Jason Pecotic, the managing director of BLK Auto. The next vehicle they are working on is SUV. It also has an SUV sibling, the R1S, that spins off the same platform. 2023 JAC JS6 SUV.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. Note that the Rivian R1T isn’t a direct competitor to next year’s Ford F-150 Lightning , the all-electric version of Ford’s best-selling full-size pickup truck.
EV Life
JANUARY 4, 2024
These additional requirements are meant to encourage the auto industry to rely less on foreign countries like China and more on domestic sources for these components, promoting local manufacturing and supply chain security. Each year, the percentages for these components go up, making it harder for vehicles to remain eligible.
Charged EVs
JULY 29, 2021
The Ioniq 5 sits on the company’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which it says is flexible enough to support not just compact vehicles but mid-size ones too—including an electric three-row SUV it is expected to launch by 2023, perhaps to be named Ioniq 7. However, the electric F-150 exports up to 9.6 kW of output.
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