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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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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

For the 1980s, GM created the X-Cars , Ford offered Fox sedans and American Motors had the Concord. I recall angrily futzing with video codecs in order to watch the file I'd laboriously downloaded of this spoof Aries commercial, circa 2000. It was (sometimes) hard to believe that this was a four-cylinder compact with front-wheel-drive.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

Green Car Congress

Ford ranks the highest at 18, down three spots from the previous year. Right below Ford on the list is Buick, which had performed well in recent years and was in the top 10 last year. While the Chrysler 300 improves to “Average,” the Pacifica minivan falls to “Below-Average.” Chrysler drops seven spots to number 24.

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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. Mothers are driving the kids, the dog, and lots of stuff around town and there haven’t been a lot of electric minivans.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and GM will all launch vehicles into that segment over the next couple of years. On the other hand, it’s a minivan with sliding side doors. Now we know VW will join them.