Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2010
The US government’s General Services Administration (GSA) this summer took delivery of the first of more than 5,600 hybrid vehicles ordered earlier this year, and will make the vehicles—almost all of which are Ford Fusion hybrids—available to various federal agencies under GSA lease agreements as they are delivered.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 17, 2024
Robby DeGraff, Manager, Product and Consumer Insights at AutoPacific, tells me that unibody crossovers may cost slightly more to build than cars, but not a lot. But again, the company is ceding a part of the market to its competitors instead of, you know, at least trying to fight for sales.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 2, 2013
High Temperature DC Bus Capacitor Cost Reduction & Performance Improvements. Further, alloying or coating pathways towards low-cost, effective passive films, have not been sufficiently explored in a sound and scientific way. Breakthrough Techniques for Dissimilar Material Joining.
Cars That Think
APRIL 25, 2024
Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. That focus on safety doesn’t come without a cost, Barrett-Gonzalez adds. But 16 years after its 2008 maiden flight, the $85,000 Aero-X is still not available for sale. It’s one in one billion flight hours.”
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 21, 2021
has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. A disappointing compliance car, the Ford Focus EV, languished while plug-in hybrid versions of the midsize Fusion and small crossover C-Max sold relatively well, until Ford came up with a real plan.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
I wish the thing was for sale as-is. Well they did give brief bursts of acceleration through the parking lot to show that it does have some Roadster goodness to it. But yes, there was no slalom to see how it handles the twisties. It is probably a real rocket compared to the Daimler version that will eventually show up. Follow us on Twitter!
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
The trouble is you then have to stop right away, which brings about some pretty strong regenerative braking action, something that Chrysler needs to work on before making the Circuit available for sale. I really hope this can be built for a reasonable cost. Keep reading about the EVs good and bad qualities after the jump. Its a Lotus.
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