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Ford adding hybrid F-150 & Mustang, PHEV Transit, new BEV SUV by 2020; $700M for Flat Rock for EV production; cancels $1.6B Mexico plant

Green Car Congress

A Transit Custom plug-in hybrid available in 2019 in Europe engineered to help reduce operating costs in even the most congested streets. One of the two new hybrid police vehicles will be built in Chicago, and both will be upfitted with their police gear at Ford’s dedicated police vehicle modification center in Chicago.

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2023 Los Angeles Auto Show Recap -- Stepping in the Right Direction

The Truth About Cars

Or at least moving back towards the way things were in 2019. Taking trucks out of the equation, the Camry and its rival, the Honda Accord, are almost always among the most popular purchases. If the LA show was an indicator that the industry is moving in a positive direction, we'll know better next year in Chicago and New York.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. In the U.S. as well as 600 universities throughout the country.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

Cars That Think

Michigan Governor’s Gretchen Whitmer, for example, claimed that since she took office in 2019, 25,000 new auto jobs were added to the state through her leadership in leading “the future of mobility and electrification.” Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images. Whether they are a good idea is debatable.

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