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Ford cutting F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds

Teslarati

“Their intentions were to build 180,000-plus units. Right now, we’re looking at 55,000 units they’re gonna build. Admittedly, Lawler says Ford may have pushed capacity past the point of demand when it started building EVs. “We definitely need to work to match capacity with demand.

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Ford exec rings alarm bell on EV charging and battery raw materials challenges

Teslarati

According to Field, some of these constraints are inadequate charging networks and the limited availability of battery raw materials. Field shared his comments at an EV conference in London. ” Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips. Ford Motor Co. Just send a message to simon@teslarati.com to give us a heads up.

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Show me the money! Ford targets Tesla Model 2, MG4 and BYD Dolphin with new small electric car line-up

EV Central

Facing multi-billion dollar annual losses from its electric vehicle product roll-out, Ford has revealed it is going to build its own ground-up smaller and cheaper EVs to tackle the Tesla Model 2 and Chinese brands head-on. In Australia that charge is led by the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora. “We have to fix this problem.

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Volkswagen’s Pablo Di Si: Generation to get ‘again to fundamentals’

Baua Electric

and believes that its electrical cars will backup the corporate build up its marketplace proportion in what’s turning into one of the crucial German automaker’s maximum notable markets. You simply did a line of broker conferences with the VW community. We’re getting to form some systems. Is it floorplanning?

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Greenius Weekend Update

Creative Greenius

Holiday greetings from teetering on the precipice of bankruptcy California, where we’ve had a couple of unnerving earthquakes, a historic election and a disappointing Lakers’ home loss in the NBA Western Conference Finals since last I posted. AB 811 Presentation this Thursday, May 28, 2009.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. Every electric energy consumer, not just the relatively few electric-only vehicle owners, will be asked to pay for the expensive hardware for these high-power charging stations. We imagine you objecting: “Oh no, we’ll have to build lots more power plants!”

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