The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Ford has stopped shipments of the 2024 F-150 Lightning, but not because there isn’t demand for the electric truck. The automaker said it stopped deliveries on February 9 to conduct quality inspections, but production is still rolling at the automaker’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 6, 2021

Chevrolet’s Silverado electric pickup will be built at the Factory Zero assembly plant in Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan, along with GMC’s Hummer EV SUV which will also be produced there, General Motors president Mark Reuss said today. Ultium is General […].

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Volkswagen made big news when it announced a revival of the iconic American Scout name, and the automaker promised to build electric vehicles under the brand at a facility in South Carolina beginning in 2026. Scout is also ramping up hiring as it wades through the frantic development and growth period ahead of production.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The facility will be located in Novi, around 30 miles from Detroit. That, and the fact that the Detroit area remains the spiritual epicenter of the American automotive industry and houses a high concentration of engineers and industry professionals ready to work. & [Image: Scout/VW] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Last week Chris Paine moderated a panel on electric vehicles at the Opportunity Green business conference in Los Angeles. Among the panelists sat Richard Steinberg of BMW, where he leads battery electric vehicle programs in the US markets, including the MINI E and BMW ActiveE programs. “BMW ActiveE?&#

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The UAW strike is dragging on, but automakers still have everyday business problems to deal with, like how to produce millions of electric vehicles and sell them. Earlier this week, the automaker noted that it would push production of its upcoming electric pickup trucks back at one of its Detroit-area facilities.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 16, 2024

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares’ pay increase has annoyed a subset of shareholders as the automaker positions itself for more layoffs and attempts to shift the production of electric vehicles to countries where labor is cheaper. With the company vowing to shift to all-electric vehicles, many long-held business relationships are falling apart.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 29, 2023

Though a Dodge spokesperson confirmed that internal combustion would not be a part of the next Charger lineup in a 2022 conversation with Motor1 , a new report from& Mopar Insiders claims that the next-gen car will get the Hurricane inline-six alongside the electric Charger Daytona.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 14, 2023

& This year, Tesla, of all companies, will attend the IAA Mobility Show in Munich, Germany, and will display its electric vehicle lineup in front of what’s expected to be an enthusiastic crowd. The decision comes at a time when many automakers are looking to trim their marketing budgets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

Combined, these savings are equivalent to the electricity used by 875,000 homes in one year and allowed GM to avoid $435 million in energy costs. and Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich., Since then, the company has reduced energy intensity of its US operations, or the amount of energy used per vehicle produced, by 40%. assembly plants.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Company spox have been mouthing suggestions that this week’s production halt “is not the end” of the Camaro story, presumably with the company having some sort of electric vehicle bearing the same model name up its corporate sleeve. In any event, this leaves the Mustang as the last man standing in Detroit - at least in terms of this segment.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When it appears, the next-gen Wrangler is apparently going to include a BEV and REPB, which means full-electric and range-extender variants. If you really want to roll your eyes at marketing fluff, know that REPB stands for ‘Range Electric Paradigm Breaker’ in internal Stellantis-speak.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 20, 2023

GM is making good on its promise to exit this decade with Cadillac offering a portfolio of fully electric vehicles. Speaking of, this Caddy will apparently be built in Detroit but shown for the first time in New York. To date we’ve seen the Lyriq and uber-lux Celestiq; next up, the Escalade IQ.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 10, 2009

Toyota will be showing a battery electric car - the 50 miles range FT-EV - in Detroit. But before you get too excited, Irv Miller, Group Vice President - Environmental and External Affairs, has some words of caution in his blog. Tags: RAV4 EV toyota battery electric car ft-ev. Rest assured, they won't be last.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Ramifications from the UAW's strike against Detroit automakers was always going to reverberate throughout the industry and suppliers are asking for some concessions. But the reason isn’t wholly down to some of the obstacles created by the recent work stoppages and the long term implications are beginning to mount.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. is already selling an all-electric, zero-emission Roadster. The 100 m.p.g. The Irvine, Calif.-based

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While the United Auto Workers’ contract seems to be a done deal for all three Detroit-based automakers, Ford is the only brand that’s issued any formal statements on ratification thus far. We are also working flat out on our next generation of electric vehicles and software platforms. But there’s not much to pick apart in the release.

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2022

For a deep dive into the culture and technology of “The Jetsons,” check out Matt Novak’s Paleofuture blog. Unfortunately, only viewers in a few select markets—Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco—could actually see the show in color. The Jetsons” was the first program broadcast in color on ABC.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether that’s an in-bed electric generator, trick tailgate, or towering off-road cred is an approach parlayed by every one of the Detroit Three (plus Toyota). It’s not that Titan is an objectively bad truck but the cutthroat half-ton market demands some sort – any sort – of unique selling proposition.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 19, 2024

Fast forward to this week and Cleveland.com is reporting the necessary changes have been made with three neighborhoods being targeted for construction — Hough, Opportunity Corridor and the Detroit Shoreway/Cudell.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 31, 2023

Whereas combustion vehicles have porked up due to an overall increase in sizing and standard features, electric vehicles currently weigh a lot primarily due to battery implementation. No one wants to have a fire, and no one wants a vehicle that isn't crashworthy," Detroit teardown and cost guru Sandy Munro told Automotive News.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Here is the full text of the blog post, and the Press Release from Aptera Motors: [link]. PRESS RELEASE: FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC APTERA 2e PUSHED BACK TO 2010. They’ve made the vehicle safer, it’s better handling and more comfortable. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. Source: Aptera Motors].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? and Chrysler. .’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. That would be the Dodge Circuit, a car that Chrysler unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January and which is now prominently displayed at the New York Auto Show.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 23, 2009

04/23/2009 Foxs Bill OReilly Challenged to Live Up To His Words and Buy An Electric Car Fox News commentator, show host, and radio talk show host Bill OReilly has been. 04/22/2009 Review: 2010 Toyota Prius Ride & Drive There, tucked in a corner of the basement at Cobo Arena in Detroit, sat the.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Detroit now has a quarter-mile length of roadway with the ability to charge properly equipped electric vehicles as they drive. While similar programs have been pioneered in Europe, Detroit is the first and only city to do so in the United States. Early plans called for installation on Michigan’s most scenic roadways.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 13, 2009

Join in with PluginAmerica in urging Congress, Detroit and our new President to build plug-in vehicles, in calling for 1 million plug-ins by 2012 and, 15 million by 2016. Chris Paine will have a crew filming for the follow up to " Who Killed the Electric Car ," which he's titled, " Revenge of the Electric Car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? Prop 87 Missed Opportunity RAVs to Keep Rolling in LA Holiday EVangelism ZEVTech Saving RAVs Holiday EVangelism Who Killed the Electric Car? Where Can I Buy One?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Two-Mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). I also had the opportunity to drive the two-mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle system that was slated to go into the Buick Crossover. Electricity diversifies us away from petroleum. ”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

BMW has announced it is expanding its ChargeForward incentive program to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles living in the contiguous United States. That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

Taking advantage of the myriad Star Wars jokes on May 4th, the Detroit truck brand captioned their video by saying a new “force” is coming, before going on to provide a date just five days from now. Hey, at least with less than a week between teaser and reveal, Ram trounces Toyota by refusing to play the stretch-it-out-for-months game.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But in recent months new players, including the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Daimler AG and battery maker Electrovaya , have come onto the scene as well — making China look more and more likely to give electric cars a strong push into the mass market. Nissan announced plans in November to start selling electric cars in the country by 2012.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The company is near an impasse with the United Auto Workers union, which walked out in targeted strikes at all three Detroit automakers on Sept. Due to heavy investment costs, Ford’s all-electric arm lost $2.1 “Many of our competitors moved jobs to Mexico as we added jobs here in the U.S.,” [Chairman] Ford said.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Basically, you need to be driving an electric vehicle or be prepared to spend £12.50 The program has confusingly been dubbed “Project Detroit” and is assumed to operate by bridging all of London’s driving fines under one umbrella. per day to travel through prohibited areas.

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