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

Green Car Congress

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. With a battery capacity of up to 76 kWh, the WORK XL has a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles).

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

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation have signed a collaborative agreement to begin delivering a pure battery electric version of the Ford Transit Connect van to customers in Europe beginning in late summer 2011. Two next-generation petrol hybrid-electric vehicles to be introduced in 2013.

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Eight new EV brands you’ve never hears of – and they don’t come from China

EV Central

Ceer Motors It might seem weird that a petrol-chemical kingdom like Saudi Arabia would want to get into EV manufacturing but that’s exactly what is happening with Ceer Motors. Sono Motors 2023 Sono Sion. Turkey’s autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a high-profile supporter. Let’s check them out.

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2024 Toyota C-HR Review

Baua Electric

The new model is only sold in Europe and Australia, and it’s sourced from Turkey. litre four-cylinder petrol-electric powertrain, which is paired to a continuously variable transmission and front-wheel drive. The powertrain will cleverly shuffle between petrol and electric (or combine them), but still with some trademark CVT whine.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. — AH2 14.

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The French are coming. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The PROLOGUE puts the internal combustion engine up front and runs on diesel, while the RC uses petrol with the electric motor going at the back. These include the Peugeot PROLOGUE HyMotion4 and the RC HyMotion4 Concept, which effectively act in reverse of each other.

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