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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Portland, Ore.; Ford transformed Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., Richmond, Va.;

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CarMax leads unutilized used-vehicle tally

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and Portland, Ore. and has places in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Indiana. Shift consolidated its bodily operations to Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.; It bought 20,961 cars in 2022, unwell 9.8 from the former presen. RightWay Auto Gross sales is owned by way of Garber Control Workforce of Saginaw, Mich.,

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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging

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The pilot program offers mobile charging for free to AAA members in San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Avon, Peabody and West Springfield, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bend and Portland, Oregon.

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Ford names first markets for the Focus Electric

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Portland, Ore.; Focus Electric, available in late 2011, will be built at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Seattle; and Washington, DC. The site offers video, text and diagrams to help consumers understand differences in the technologies of electrified vehicles.

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SPX Services suggests 5 early practical lessons about public electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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The company also provides one of the charging stations on Portland’s “Electric Avenue” SPX Services works on EV projects with utility companies, cities and other organizations, and is an automotive diagnostics supplier to OEMs globally. That’s really what they did with [Portland’s] Electric Avenue.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. Michigan's first responders, mechanics, and electricians. Greater Portland. The Central Texas Fuel Independence Project will expand an interagency. Clean Energy. Council of.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Northwest Energy Innovations (Portland, Oregon) will verify ocean wavelength performance for a new multimode floating point absorber wave energy device. Developing the model will optimize system designs for ocean thermal energy conversion facilities in order to minimize potential environmental impacts. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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