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Ford begins deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup in Europe

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Ford has begun deliveries of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck in Europe, with the first of the units going to a couple located in Norway. As reposted with photos by Ford CEO Jim Farley on X on Saturday, the first F-150 Lightning in Europe has been delivered to Dag and Angela, who are originally from Texas and now live in Norway.

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Nel to invest up to $400M in electrolyzer plant in Michigan

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Nel’s CEO, Håkon Volldal said that the short distance to General Motors, headquartered in Detroit, played a decisive role in the choice of state. When fully developed, the Michigan facility will have a production capacity of up to 4GW of Alkaline and PEM electrolyzers.

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American Rheinmetall Vehicles and GM Defense partner to pursue US Army’s Common Tactical Truck program

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The Army expects to execute multiple Prototype Projects before determining whether to proceed to initial production that could entail purchase of approximately 5,700 vehicles at a value of around $5 billion. GM Defense is a rapidly expanding, wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors.

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Global Electric Vehicle market size to swell by five-times to $823.74B by 2030: study

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With several large-scale automotive companies with storied histories transitioning to electric vehicles, these companies will supplement the smaller, EV-focused companies, like Tesla, Rivian, and Lucid, contributing large-scale production operations with relatively limitless amounts of capital.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

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In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. And then this past week, GM released its humorous “ No Way Norway ” EV commercial featuring Will Ferrell. .” Lordstown Battery Capacity.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

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Waters worked on the battery for the General Motors EV1 and also worked at Ener1, which makes lithium-ion batteries. In May, the company plans to show off a commercial prototype at the Electronic Vehicle Show in Stavanger, Norway. Tags: Bright Automotive EV News Production News battery tech plug-ins.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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We will work together to overcome strategic, political, and technical barriers, accelerate the production of zero emission vehicles and increase economies of scale, to make the transition faster, lower cost, and easier for everyone. —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.