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ROUSH CleanTech receives CARB retrofit LPG system certification for 2010 model year vehicles

Green Car Congress

liter Ford E-150, E-250 and E-350 cargo vans and wagons. This is the first CARB certification awarded since 2000 for a liquefied petroleum gas retrofit system, and the first CARB certification for any alternative fuel system for retrofit installation on 2010 model year vehicles.

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Supervan Returns! Ford’s Wackiest Concept Reborn as a 2000 HP EV

CleanTechnica EVs

What do you get when you cross a Tesla Model S Plaid with a minivan?

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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

Green Car Congress

For the first time since UCS began the Automaker Rankings report in 2000, all eight major automakers reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions compared to their fleet averages from 1998, the model year examined in the first report.

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What You Need To Know About Pickup EVs

Clean Fleet Report

FYI, the safest EV trucks include Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning, according to the DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the private Institute for Highway Safety. However, modern electric vehicles have had around a 20% failure rate ( The Telegraph ) since 2000, compared to 29% of ICE cars.

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FedEx Express doubles and diversifies all-electric fleet with 24 new units; adding more than 4,000 new, fuel-efficient vehicles in total

Green Car Congress

FedEx has added five Transit Connect Electric vans from Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics to support the corporate Information Technology Asset Disposal program, driving regularly scheduled routes to pick up, recycle, reuse and dispose of IT assets. Since launching our first Sprinter in 2000, we have put close to 1.4

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

Clean Fleet Report

When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links.

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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

Electric Auto Association

An early adopter Sinclair’s first venture into the world of clean energy vehicles came in the early 2000’s when she and her husband purchased a Ford Escape Hybrid, a car they still own today. They need to understand they’ll be driving a cleaner vehicle, and that it’s possible to charge up with clean energy, too.