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AmeriPride adds 21 Ford Super Duty service trucks with XL Hybrids electrification solution

Green Car Congress

AmeriPride Services is taking delivery of 21 Ford F-59 trucks featuring XL Hybrids’ XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System by the end of this year. Installation of the XL3 system leaves the Ford engine, transmission, fuel system and exhaust system completely intact.

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Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. Ford and Azure. The vehicle will be badged with both the Ford Blue Oval and Azure’s Force Drive logo. Earlier post.).

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week event connects Indiana’s EV future with its EV past. When it comes to electric vehicles (EVs), the people of Indiana are a tough sell. They make sightseeing vehicles, and they’d built an EV that resembled a Ford Model T,” Steiner said. This saved me the trip.”. Hoosier EVA members.

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DOE awards $98M in tax credits to automakers and suppliers for clean technology manufacturing

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company. Ford transformed its Michigan Assembly Plant (MAP) in Wayne, Mich., The $30 million 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit will help Ford enable its substantial investment in electrified vehicles. $30 million through 2017 in equipment and tooling at its Kokomo Power Electronics facility in Indiana.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week event connects Indiana’s EV future with its EV past. When it comes to electric vehicles (EVs), the people of Indiana are a tough sell. They make sightseeing vehicles, and they’d built an EV that resembled a Ford Model T,” Steiner said. This saved me the trip.”. Hoosier EVA members.

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The Many Benefits of V2G Charging

EV Connect

come equipped with V2G capabilities: the Nissan Leaf and the Ford F-150 Lightning. V2G charging can take this grid management a step further by creating a virtual power grid from the many connected EVs. That’s why EV Connect is investing in research and development to improve and expand this important technology.

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Swaying toward EV mobility

Electric Auto Association

Since spreading across Ohio, Sway Mobility has now moved its Bolts into Michigan and will soon be expanding into Indiana. “In In Detroit, we’re working in the Corktown neighborhood, where Ford has been developing Michigan Central, a new mobility innovation district around the old train station,” Peters said.