Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. Production of the gasoline Equinox at CAMI will end in April, and the first Zevo 600s should come off the lines seven months later, in November. The company has committed $800 million to that conversion.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Gasoline may be averaging around $2.50 Hybrids from Ford , Honda , Lexus , Mazda , Mercury , Nissan , and Toyota dominated the ratings. a gallon right now, but gas mileage remains an important factor in choosing a new car. Now the EPA has released 2010 fuel efficiency figures for all new cars and trucks sold in the U.S.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Ford about-face on hybrids a slap in the face to Big Enviro While consumers may be awakening to the need for plug-in cars and government conferences on the subject multiply, the automakers continue to send very mixed signals. Ford has now done an abrupt about face. Tags: Ford plug-in hybrid Who Killed the Electric Car?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Average monthly price of gasoline (all grades) is in green. During December 2008, which marked the nadir of the current price swing in gasoline with an average $1.687 per gallon (all grades), the new vehicle passenger car share had dropped to 47.3%. Monthly new vehicle share for cars and trucks. Click to enlarge. to 8,924 units.

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 3, 2008

gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say. Mercury is toxic. " Here is the headline and the lead: Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution By James R. Healey , USA TODAY The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

With average gasoline prices (all grades) remaining down from their highs in mid-2008, light trucks continued to outsell cars in January 2009. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales totaled 90,596 in January, down 38.9% The Ford F-Series posted 25,237 units, a 38.6% Year-on-year sales of passenger cars dropped 36.3%

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 19, 2007

UCS advocates relentlessly for cleaner gasoline vehicles and dismisses plug-ins of all sorts, the Sierra Club strikes deals with Ford to promote a few thousand gasoline-dependent hybrids in exchange for advertising dollars, and the NRDC jumped on the biofuels bandwagon just as the cost of corn ethanol became impossible to ignore.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? The enthusiasm for ethanol ("flex-fuel" cars use E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) is welcome. We try to be careful to emphasize in the fine print that PHEVs can get over 100 miles/gallon of gasoline , PLUS electric costs of about 1-2 cents/mile.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. 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.) Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform. Establishing dealer network.

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