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2024 Ford Mustang Comes With ‘Remote Rev’ System

The Truth About Cars

If you’re the kind of person that wants to make a strong impression on the neighborhood and are less than concerned whether it’s good or bad, Ford is offering 2024 model year Mustangs with a key fob that lets the holder remotely rev up the engine. Images: Ford Motor Co.] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

Ford Mustang Mach-E EV – 5,807. Nissan and Ford are expected to follow shortly. The number of EVs in my neighborhood seems to be growing weekly. The post Personal: One in a Million first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. Here’s the top 10 and their sales (and links to our latest reviews/news): Tesla Model 3 EV – 67,262.

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QOTD: Where Do You Do Your Carspotting?

The Truth About Cars

I am currently in Napa, California on business and while myself and some other media members rode in a Ford Expedition from the airport to the hotel, we kept spotting some pretty cool rides. Personally, I just keep my eyes peeled. In other words, you don't have to be in an exclusive ZIP code to see cool stuff. While traveling?

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UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay

Baua Electric

The UAW represents 1,100 staff there, however as a result of they’re hired via the Ultium JV instead than GM without delay, they aren’t lined via a grasp exertions agreement the crowd negotiated with GM, Ford and Stellantis 4 years in the past.

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Meet the Boomers Trying to Scupper 2,500 Jobs in Rural Michigan

The Truth About Cars

“We don’t need jobs,” said Fred Chapman, a 62-year-old toolmaker, when interviewed by Reuters about a new battery factory Ford wants to build near Marshall, Michigan. “I billion BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, announced earlier this year as a part of Ford’s push in its EV ambitions. At issue is the $3.5

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Homeland Security Now Combating Street Takeovers

The Truth About Cars

A podcast interview with showrunners Lonnie Ford, Todd Hendrex, and Jarrod Dunahoo was posted live early this week, discussing the situation. It's probably not something you'd want to see a lot of in your own neighborhood and there was some isolated violence. Nothing happened at the event," Hendrex said on the C10 Talk Podcast.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. The smartphone assistants’ scores were 0.3

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