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Ford Rolls Out Off-Road Packages at SEMA

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Catering to the overlanding crowd (or at least people who wish to& look & like they’re into the scene – we’ll call them broverlanders), Ford introduced a brace of ORV packages at the SEMA Show. Ford didn’t mention specific numbers for power upgrades but does promise a unique software calibration for the 2.3-liter

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Get Ford F-150 Raptor Power for Much Less Coin

The Truth About Cars

The Ford F-150 Raptor R is a seriously impressive truck with an equally serious price tag that puts it out of reach for most buyers. An Alabama Ford dealer has a solution , however, in the form of a base F-150 XL with a Roush supercharger and other upgrades. Image: Town and Country Ford via Facebook] Become a& TTAC insider.

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REV Becomes First Hymotion Dealer in Canada; Offers L5 Conversion Kit for Prius

Green Car Congress

REV, a Vancouver, Canada company that converts Ford fleet vehicles into highway capable battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles ( earlier post ), has become the first Hymotion plug-in conversion kit dealer in Canada. It is now offering the Hymotion L5 plug-in conversion system for Toyota Prius owners in BC.

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Ford Launches Cool Off-Road App Only for Its Owners

The Truth About Cars

Like a petulant child who won’t share their toys, Ford has released a handy smartphone app filled with crowd-sourced and professionally curated tools such as trail maps for off-road journeys – but the only ones who can use it are Bronco owners. Just swing by a Ford dealer and finance a new 4x4 first, alright?

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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

Electric Auto Association

The EV curious were clearly excited to sit in the wide range of vehicles and were quick to pose a host of questions to owners and dealers. I was lucky enough to drive to the event in a dealer-loaned Ford 2021 Mustang Mach-E , which I’ll briefly review below. Local dealerships sent two 2021 Volkswagen ID.4

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Event: 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Clean Fleet Report

The special edition vehicles included trucks and SUVs sporting an array of accessories and trim kits, while cars and SUVs using electricity are continuing to grow more dominant by the day. Look for the 2022 BMW iX M60 to be at dealers by June 2022 with a starting price of $106,095, which includes the mandatory destination fee.

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

Green Car Congress

Thomas said that ALTe is building a robustly engineered, professional quality, mass production powertrain conversion kit assembly operation and plans to produce up to 90,000 powertrains per year. The company will deliver these powertrain kits to a dealer network to be established.