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Ford now holds 461 patents on hybrid technology, up from 10 in 2000

Green Car Congress

In the last three years, the number of inventions submitted to Ford’s legal team to be considered for patents has increased more than 25%. Twenty-five of the 40 patents are in production, including key components of Ford’s powersplit architecture system found on vehicles such as the all-new Fusion Hybrid and Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Most of these advanced vehicles will be electric or plug-in hybrids. My test parallel park of Ford Escape was a breeze when the SUV parked itself. Self-driving is legal in California, but automakers must have at least $5 million in insurance or post a bond. A steering wheel only because they had to.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

And since I am indeed The Greenius and I have legally laid claim to this decade, preempting all others, I can confidently lay this on you and you can take comfort knowing I’m on the case and will not let you down. It seems like only yesterday that I was out picking up trash in Old Town Torrance, but it was in fact in January of 2009.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles.

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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

This article is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction. Before we get started: This article is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide tax or legal advice.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

Green Car Congress

In 2018, battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen vehicles accounted for 1.5% Top findings in the area of transportation include: The annual increase in transportation emissions has slowed down slightly compared to the previous three years. of all registered on-road vehicles in California, up from 1.1%

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DOE Award Supports Largest Single Deployment of EVs and Infrastructure Yet; Up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF EVs in 5 Regions

Green Car Congress

Scott Becker vice president, Legal and General Counsel, Nissan North America. The DOE award funds a number of other plug-in demonstration projects, though no single project has the same scale as the Nissan/eTec project. 30 million to Ford to deploy up to 150 PHEVs, including 130 Escape PHEVs and 20 Ford E450 Van PHEVs. $10

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