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2024 Ford Mustang Comes With ‘Remote Rev’ System

The Truth About Cars

If you’re the kind of person that wants to make a strong impression on the neighborhood and are less than concerned whether it’s good or bad, Ford is offering 2024 model year Mustangs with a key fob that lets the holder remotely rev up the engine. Ford released a video showcasing the product to aid with marketing if you’re interested.

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Lobbyists Estimate Billions in Fines If New Fuel Economy Rules Adopted

The Truth About Cars

billion under the new rules, while the bill at Stellantis would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.0 Companies like Ford and VW could also get dinged for about a billion bucks, apparently. Without delving into too much of their math, the American Automotive Policy Council is suggesting GM could be on the hook for $6.5

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Meet the Boomers Trying to Scupper 2,500 Jobs in Rural Michigan

The Truth About Cars

“We don’t need jobs,” said Fred Chapman, a 62-year-old toolmaker, when interviewed by Reuters about a new battery factory Ford wants to build near Marshall, Michigan. “I billion BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, announced earlier this year as a part of Ford’s push in its EV ambitions. At issue is the $3.5 Stay tuned.

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Homeland Security Now Combating Street Takeovers

The Truth About Cars

A podcast interview with showrunners Lonnie Ford, Todd Hendrex, and Jarrod Dunahoo was posted live early this week, discussing the situation. It's probably not something you'd want to see a lot of in your own neighborhood and there was some isolated violence. Nothing happened at the event," Hendrex said on the C10 Talk Podcast.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

While people can purchase neighborhood electric vehicles today for about $10K, they only have a top speed of 35 miles an hour or so, essentially glorified golf-carts. This blog is the story of my path towards that goal. I wanted a project that the group could share their collective brain power and rally around. Damn the torpedoes.

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GE and Nissan Get Into Smart Charging

Revenge of the Electric Car

In a blog post, GE scientist Matt Nielsen, who is taking the lead on the smart-charging research, said that GE and Nissan will seek to sort out which challenges are real and which are perceived by using computer simulations and gathering data. “Initially the small numbers of electric vehicles will not strain the grid.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services. org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com

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