article thumbnail

Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

Green Car Congress

Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

F-150 150
article thumbnail

Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIX)

The Truth About Cars

This revised version was used on all 1998 cars and was shared by the likes of the Town Car, F-150, and Mercury Cougar. And they were front-drive luxury cars according to The Seattle Times. Other refreshed engineering differences included firmer shocks for LSC models and larger stabilizer bars to aid in handling.

Parts 94
article thumbnail

Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We estimate there are between 125-150 PHEVs worldwide at this time; we hope to get the rest of them on the list! Peter Mullen, PHEV 2008 Prius by Hybrids Plus , Nov 2007, (Boulder, CO for Seattle resident). Ford F-150 Pickup Truck, July 2008 (Chicago, IL). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Contact gaussiandither@.

Prius 48
article thumbnail

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.) First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

Plug-in 45