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Ford starts production of Deutsche Post StreetScooter WORK XL electric delivery van

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Based on a Transit chassis, produced at the Ford Otosan joint venture plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, the medium-sized electric delivery van is fitted with a battery-electric drivetrain and a body designed and built to StreetScooter specifications. Electrified powertrains will play a key role in Ford’s European product line-up.

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

In contrast, petrol cars performed almost as well as they did before the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, cars made in China outsold cars made in Italy, Korea, Morocco, and Romania, while also closing the gap between cars made in Turkey and the UK. February 2024 was a positive month for the new car market in Europe.

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Ford and Azure Dynamics to Collaborate on Transit Connect Electric for Europe

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Glider units, vehicles built without the powertrain, will be shipped from the current Ford Otosan manufacturing facility in Kocaeli, Turkey, directly to an Azure-contracted manufacturing location in Europe for final assembly. Two next-generation petrol hybrid-electric vehicles to be introduced in 2013.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Now, people are used to cellphone subscription plans and plugging the phone into the wall at night, Mr. Thesen reasoned, so a switch to electric cars would also be manageable. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. And where does Better Place fit in? “We

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