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Ford Teases Next F-150, Full Reveal Tomorrow

The Truth About Cars

Pickup trucks often get the former, which is exactly what was deployed for a brief teaser video for the next F-150 which popped up on Instagram just one day before the entire thing is revealed in Detroit. Beats having to reform yaffles of bodywork and stamp out new fenders, anyway.

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More EVs, Faster Charging

Plugs and Cars

Source: Detroit News ] Volvo might be getting serious about EVs. The first Level III chargers deployed by Etec will offer free juice. The really good news is they have a target price of about $22,000 after the production hike. I may be most interested affordable electric cars, but this makes sense to me.

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Ram Teases Inscrutable Truck

The Truth About Cars

Taking advantage of the myriad Star Wars jokes on May 4th, the Detroit truck brand captioned their video by saying a new “force” is coming, before going on to provide a date just five days from now. Or, and we’re just putting this out there as a Wild Rumour of the Day, perhaps Ram is juicing the TRX to Redeye levels of horsepower.

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. Since Compact Power is based in Detroit, and GM is their first big customer, maybe that’s enough of a reason to build at least a token factory in the U.S.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? 2:54 PM Anonymous said.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese.

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