EV Central

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Ford Ranger is set to go electric, starting with a plug-in hybrid EV version in early 2025. Ford this week confirmed one of its worst kept secrets: that the country’s top selling four-wheel drive and second best selling ute will soon get electric assistance within 18 months.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The first prototype of the hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger ute dubbed the Warrego by its developer, the Australian start-up H2X Global, has hit the road in the Netherlands. 2023 H2X Warrego Supercapacitor sits where the diesel engine used to be. “It 2023 H2X Warrego prototype. 2023 H2X Warrego prototype.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The new Mitsubishi Triton is joining the petrol-electric plug-in hybrid rush alongside the 2024 BYD ute and 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV. An all-new PHEV system is being developed for the new Triton, which debuts in Australia with an orthodox turbo-diesel engine next February. The post Confirmed!

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

Hyundai Creta was first launched in India in 2015 and it quickly scaled its way to the top in the still small-ish segment which at the time had the likes of Renault Duster and Ford EcoSport as well. 2024 Hyundai Creta engine and transmission options Hyundai is introducing its 1.5-litre litre Turbo GDi Petrol engine on the new Creta.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With an architecture and major mechanical components shared with the Ford Ranger – the Amarok is also built in a Ford factory – the Amarok EV also reaffirms word from the Blue Oval brand that its ute will also soon have a zero emissions alternative. We are going to do [an electric Amarok] some day,” said Sulc. “We

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EV Central

DECEMBER 11, 2022

If you can’t wait for the 2027 Volkswagen Amarok battery electric ute then maybe the petrol-electric version potentially due as soon as 2025 will do. The second-generation Amarok arrives in Australia from April with orthodox Ford turbo-diesel and turbo-petrol powertrains. 2022 Ford Ranger Wildtrak.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Ford Motor Company is leading a €3.5-million million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.).

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EV Central

JANUARY 31, 2024

Used electric vehicles take longer to sell in Australia than petrol and diesel cars and have below average retained value, a new report has found. Petrol engines accounted for more than 1.3 million sales and diesels over 600,000. That was around double Mazda and Ford in second and third. 2021 Nissan Leaf e+.

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

Australia finally gets a petrol-electric hybrid 4×4 dual-cab ute mid-year when the GWM Cannon Alpha launches. The Chinese plugless series/parallel hybrid will boast more torque than the Ford Ranger Raptor super-ute and – crucially – a full 3500kg braked towing capacity. 2024 GWN Cannon Alpha interior. While the 2.4-litre

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EV Info

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The 27 European markets show the total number of electrified cars registered in September (encompassing pure electric, plug-in hybrids, full hybrids and mild hybrids) was higher than the number of registrations for diesel cars. The Demise of the diesel car . For the month the diesel market share posted a record low, of only 24.8%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

EcoBoost gasoline engine. Ford is infusing its European product range with new generations of more efficient gasoline and diesel engines, led by the introduction of two 4-cylinder Ford EcoBoost gasoline units. The 4-cylinder Ford EcoBoost engines are available as either a 1.6-liter TDCi diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

million) grant from the UK Government-funded Advanced Propulsion Centre—consisted of 20 Ford Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid vans ( earlier post ) covering 240,000 km (150,000 miles) over a 12-month period. The vans are driven exclusively by the electric traction motor; a combustion engine serves as a range extender. million (US$5.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The company also expects the global turbocharged commercial vehicle engine segment to grow rapidly from 3.5 million engines in 2009 to six million engines in 2015. The growth in all regions is primarily driven by increased adoption of smaller, turbocharged gasoline engines. liter Power Stroke engines.

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EV Central

MAY 16, 2024

BYD’s Australian importer EVDirect has also requested engineering upgrades to the dual-cab ute that will use plug-in hybrid drivetrains – and, eventually, a full battery electric system – to take on the established players in a segment that accounts for one in five new vehicle sales locally. READ MORE: BYD Shark attack!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

The actions—along with a previously announced initiative to reduce approximately 500 salaried and agency positions across Europe, with the Ford salaried reductions achieved voluntarily—affect 6,200 positions or about 13% of Ford’s European workforce. Ford plans to close the two facilities in the UK in 2013.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The yet to be revealed new EV pickup truck will embark on a local engineering development drive within weeks – and around the same time the new BYD Seal arrives to tackle the Tesla Model 3 – ahead of its planned 2024 arrival. litre four-cylinder turbo engine with an electric motor.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold. Credit: Audi.

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EV Central

MARCH 20, 2024

And tow them very long distances, where diesel fuel pumps are far more ubiquitous (and quicker filling) than electric charge points. The American Silverado EV has a start price of US$74,800 ($113,000), making it far pricier than a Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning. Ample, surely, for lots of Aussie needs. Trucks included.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It shares an all-new platform with the purely petrol Outlander version. litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Is it good value?

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After all, according to the latest vehicle registration data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), [1] more than 23,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 8,900 plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were sold across the UK in October 2023 alone – six times the number of diesel cars (5,261). 2] So, is the switch to EVs faltering?

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2010

Ford’s European engine product range has been revamped with the emphasis placed clearly on offering more efficient petrol and diesel engines. This maximises combustion efficiency and [.]. This maximises combustion efficiency and [.].

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EV Central

JULY 22, 2023

Mazda says it will be offering internal combustion engined models in Australia for years to come because it anticipates the transition to electric cars to be gradual. Mazda Australia managing director Vinesh Bhindhi argued the CX-60’s line-up of inline six-cylinder turbo-petrol and turbo-diesel mild hybrids and a 2.5-litre

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 1, 2021

So far, petrol engines only make up 4.4% of total vehicle sales in Norway in 2021, while diesel engines account for 4.1%. Volkswagen is arguably the most committed mass-market automotive entity in terms of electrification, neck-and-neck with American company Ford. of the market share in 2021 and 73.8%

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

In the Darwin to Adelaide run, the petrol driven Alto managed to complete the journey at an average consumption of 72mpg overall, an 18.5 litre petrol engined Alto continued to defy expectations by showing some of the much more expensive diesel cars the true meaning of fuel economy. per cent and 12.2 per cent and 12.2

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

First launched in 2015, Creta galvanised the mid-size SUV space which at that point in time had the likes of Ford EcoSport and Renault Duster. In terms of engine options, Hyundai is likely to push out the model with three choices – 1.5-litre litre naturally-aspirated petrol motor, 1.5-litre litre CRDi diesel unit.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Kemp.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 16, 2013

Ford this week revealed results of a poll it commissioned. Don’t worry, it wasn’t focused on brand specifics. Instead, it looked at car buyers’ attitudes to green cars, and how many people are actively environmentally conscious when it comes to choosing new models and the makers to buy them from. Turns out, Europeans are very [.].

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 28, 2024

The Gypsy had a soft-top as well as a hard-top version, and later even got a more powerful engine and wider track. litre, V6 petrol engine with a manual and automatic transmission option, and a ladder-frame chassis with 4×4 capabilities, added to its credentials. A luxurious interior with three-row seating, a 2.7-litre,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 7, 2024

We did not have the opportunity to assess laden performance or range and a brief 25-minute drive was not long enough to accurately assess how far one of these utes will travel before needing to re-juice – loaded, towing or otherwise. Ford claims a range of 510km, and by all accounts, this is a fairly accurate indication.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

In contrast, petrol cars performed almost as well as they did before the Covid-19 pandemic. This success comes at the expense of diesel cars, with the market share of these vehicles falling from 35% of registrations in February 2019 to just 15% last month.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

BEV sales in the UK have grown rapidly over the past year – with demand rising, at least in part due to petrol shortages, which dried up many motorists’ gas tanks in September. Johnson signed a bill at the end of 2020 that would ban the sale of cars that run entirely on internal combustion engines from 2030.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2013

Plug-in hybrid cars appear to offer the best of both worlds with the chance to travel emission free in electric mode, but still have a petrol/diesel engine to fall back on in the event that you need to travel a longer distance. Latest News Green cars Hybrid cars Ford'

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

BYD ute BYD ute patent shows what the EV ute will look like BYD is the biggest threat to Tesla globally and it’s also shaping up to give the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger something to worry about with a new ute. The much-hyped BYD ute is due in 2024 and it’s already been leaked in online patent images.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The V90, like the XC90 and the S90, offers the T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid powertrain, delivering up to around 410 hp. The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. T8 Twin Engine AWD powertrain. This variant has a unique engine-braking mode.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2011

The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly greenhouse gasses.

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Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2024

What continues to benefit the company is that its ‘New Forever’ portfolio is spread across petrol, diesel, CNG and electric powerplants, thereby considerably expanding its consumer reach compared to most of its rivals. FY2024 saw major facelifts for the Nexon, Nexon.ev, Harrier and Safari SUVs.

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