Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. All-wheel drive is not offered.

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Ford Fleet Gasoline-Electric Electric 76

Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. All-wheel drive is not offered.

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Charging Ford Gasoline-Electric Electric 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

According to a new report from Pike Research, a rapidly growing global market for electrified vehicles—particularly plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles—will create a Li-ion transportation battery industry with nearly $8 billion in sales worldwide by 2015, up from $878 million in 2010.

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Lithium Ion 2015 Li-ion Electric Vehicles 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

This project will deploy 35 fuel cell systems as battery replacements for a complete fleet of electric lift trucks at FedEx’s existing service center in Springfield, Missouri. Success at this service center will lead to further fleet conversions at some or all of FedEx’s other 470 service centers. Jadoo Power (Folsom, CA).

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Fuel Market Houston St. Louis 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

A unique joint project between carmaker Volvo and Swedish energy supplier Vattenfall is to see the production of battery-powered Volvos featuring plug-in hybrid technology as early as 2012. “In fact, I would go so far as to say that the plug-in electrical hybrid we will launch in 2012 will be a true dream car.

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Volvo Plug-in Plug Hybrid 32

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

A brief moment in EV history passed us by about a decade ago, when the little-known VIA Motors introduced their lineup of VTRUX hybrid-electric vehicles. Each vehicle would use the VIA plug-in powertrain which turned the existing gas engine into a range extender. This sort of topic is the very reason Abandoned History exists.

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Silverado 2014 Gasoline-Electric PHEV 111