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Electric Vehicle Adoption Divide Mapped

The Truth About Cars

Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland. Ford’s F-150 Lightning starts above $50,000, whereas its gasoline equivalent starts at $35,830 with shipping included. But there’s really no EV equivalent, despite American brands now having electrified pickups on sale.

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NTSB shares concerns about heavy electric vehicles like the Hummer EV

Teslarati

Homendy shared some of her issues with electric vehicles during a speech in Washington to the Transportation Research Board. The NTSB official added that electric vehicles such as the Ford F-150 Lightning and Volvo XC40 Recharge are heavier than their combustion-powered counterparts. On Wednesday, 15th NTSB Chair Jennifer L.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.)

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

This may be true, but the focus needs to be on getting older, gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs off the road, not providing a massive discount to the owner of a Ford F-150 Raptor to replace it with a $70,000 Rivian R1T. But a minimum of 150-175 miles of range for BEVs could also make sense. Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Caps.