Gasoline-Electric and Kansas City

Ford increasing production of popular electric, gasoline and hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant will add a third crew in April to increase production of the best-selling Transit and E-Transit vans In addition to production increases, Ford is studying ways to boost output at Dearborn Truck Plant to meet continued strong demand for the gas and PowerBoostTM hybrid models of the F-150.

F-150

F-150 Ford Gasoline-Electric Kansas City

Electric Monster Truck Crushes Puny Gasoline Cars This Weekend

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Remember the world's first all-electric monster truck? If you're at the AutoRama Car Show in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend, you'll be able to see it in action.

Kansas City

Kansas City Gasoline-Electric Missouri Kansas

Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

The LightningElectric is a battery-electric drivetrain package for the heavy-duty Ford Transit, a product used extensively by commercial and government fleets. The fuel cell uses hydrogen to charge the electric batteries for a longer-range zero-emissions fleet solution.

Ford

Ford Los Angeles New York City Long Beach

Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that?

Ford

Ford Fleet Gasoline-Electric Electric

Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Precise injection timing and calibration also ensures a smooth combustion process to reduce hard diesel combustion clatter, resulting in lower noise levels that are more like a gasoline engine. liter EcoBoost gasoline engine. It will be exported to Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo., The Power Stroke 3.2-liter

North America

North America America Diesel Ford

Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that?

Charging

Charging Ford Gasoline-Electric Electric

Ford to offer new diesel engine option in new Transit van; new Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Cost Calculator

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. For example, the tool can demonstrate how operating an electric vehicle in Portland, Ore., EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.)

Ford

Ford Emissions Diesel Engine

GM to introduce strong hybrid version of Malibu; combined fuel economy above 45 mpg; leverages Volt

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

kWh lithium-ion battery pack provides electric power to the Hybrid system. The advanced lithium-ion based chemistry can power the Malibu hybrid at up to 55 mph (89 km/h) on electricity alone. The gasoline-powered engine will automatically come on at higher speeds and high loads when necessary to provide additional power.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Malibu Hybrid MPG Volt

Chevrolet introduces 2016 Malibu; full hybrid option; 8-speed auto

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

kWh lithium-ion battery pack provides electric power to the hybrid system. It can power the Malibu Hybrid up to 55 miles per hour (88 km/h) on electricity alone. The gasoline-powered engine automatically comes on at higher speeds and high loads to provide additional power. An 80-cell, 1.5 Automatic Parking Assist.

2016

2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid Hybrid

Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. It was concerned that the market for electric car-derived vans would become increasingly competitive. Earlier post.). Ford and Azure. Oak Park, Mich.-based

Transit Connect

Transit Connect Ford Connect Connected

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

Obama

Obama Charging Financing DC

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

JUNE 12, 2022

So if my math and estimates are close to correct, roughly 27 million households living in single-family homes cannot pull into their garage and plug in and charge an electric vehicle. They include Urban Electric , Trojan Energy , and Rolec. Image Source: Urban Electric. Image Source: FLO video.

Charging

Charging Store Los Angeles DC

EV Driven

Ford increasing production of popular electric, gasoline and hybrid vehicles

Electric Monster Truck Crushes Puny Gasoline Cars This Weekend

Lightning Systems battery-electric heavy-duty Ford Transit showing 61 MPGe city, 66 MPGe highway

Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Ford to offer new diesel engine option in new Transit van; new Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Cost Calculator

GM to introduce strong hybrid version of Malibu; combined fuel economy above 45 mpg; leverages Volt

Chevrolet introduces 2016 Malibu; full hybrid option; 8-speed auto

Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

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