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Ford Revises Dealer EV Requirements

The Truth About Cars

According to those in the know at Automotive News , Ford is slashing the required dealer training on electron eaters in half, while also cutting the number of EV chargers a retailer must install. Dealers apparently argued that slow Level 2 chargers were more than sufficient to keep new EVs full of juice for test drives.&

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Ford Teases Next F-150, Full Reveal Tomorrow

The Truth About Cars

These screencaps confirm we’re looking at what most would consider a so-called mid-cycle refresh, with new lights and different grille treatments serving as relatively cost-effective ways to juice interest in an existing model. Images: Ford Instagram] Become a& TTAC& insider. Stay tuned for that.

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Ford Performance Introduces 700hp Kit for F-150

The Truth About Cars

V8 engine has been the F-150’s volume seller, but that hasn’t stopped some gearheads deep within the skunkworks of Ford Performance from coming up with a relatively affordable supercharger kit for the mill – one which cranks the wick to 700 horsepower. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider. to 700 horsepower and 590 lb.-ft

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Charging EV Fleets: What are the best chargers to use?

Blink Charging

Its 19.2kW of output which his sufficient for the new Ford Lightning and Ford Mach-e’s available. However, if you think there is a chance that your vehicles may be caught “out in the wild” somewhere without enough juice to get back, then you may benefit from a mobile charging unit for emergencies. Mobile chargers.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. 2:54 PM Anonymous said.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

To jot down those will take an entirely new blog, but here’s a sample. He tells me that PPG originally developed the Electro Deposition technology for Henry Ford’s Model T. Here is a link to the blog based on that talk: [link] Zarryl Lobo had recommended that we meet with Jayram at Conoor.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon. Is this the Zune HD?