Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The project team, led by CALSTART, includes a heavy-duty truck manufacturer as well as Achates Power and leading suppliers in the powertrain and emissions industry. The Cap-and-Trade Program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

That’s more than any other electric truck on the market, and it should reassure shoppers who can afford one that they won’t run out of range unexpectedly. That’s roughly the same as Green Car Reports got in a week-long test for a Ford F-150 Lightning. Over 100 miles of mixed traffic, we saw efficiencies of 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

The vehicle represents the latest phase of Ford’s research into developing sustainable technology solutions that are affordable for consumers and can be produced in large volumes across the product lineup. Powertrain design, which led to a 24% weight reduction through the use of: 1.0-liter Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ford’s F-150 Lightning starts above $50,000, whereas its gasoline equivalent starts at $35,830 with shipping included. That's why Tesla reducing pricing to gain market share is so critical and is pulling that affordability score up," she said. They've got pricing power right now." "To

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Teslarati

MARCH 1, 2022

They are not designed for police work,” Maj. In 2018, mass-market and affordable EVs were few and far between: the Chevrolet Bolt EV was the United States’ most-popular electric car. EVs are a focus of Beggs, who suggested other electric options, like Ford’s upcoming F-150 Lightning pickup.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Starting well-equipped from $68,575, which is in line with prices for loaded, gasoline-powered light-duty pickups, the Rivian is a relative powerhouse of design, innovation and all-around capability. Rivian also plans to offer a more affordable 105-kilowatt-hour pack with a roughly 230-mile range. foot cargo bed.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs. —Tennessee Gov.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2021

Camaro debate is still ongoing today, as is the pickup rivalry between the Ford F-150 and the Chevy Silverado. Such is simply the nature of the car industry. Berliner, “The design is inherently flawed in the Samurai. As designed, the only solution is to take it off the market.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2017

This is consistent with the emerging trend of automakers transitioning to a multi-material vehicle (MMV) design approach, choosing aluminum for doors, hoods and trunk lids, body-in-white, bumpers and crash boxes. This design evolution is what’s driving aluminum’s increased market penetration in the auto sector. 2020 Projections.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

And where current Tesla packs feature what Munro calls "a crappy cooling design" with thermal channels between cells—superfluous, because most heat is concentrated at cell ends—Munro says 4680 cells will rest atop a liquid-cooled thermal plate that's become a staple of EVs from GM, Ford, Volkswagen, Porsche, or Rivian.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. Steven Cherry My understanding is Tesla has a proprietary charging station design. It has its own charging station to design its own plug design. in a Tesla.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. Steven Cherry My understanding is Tesla has a proprietary charging station design. It has its own charging station to design its own plug design. in a Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Asynchronous motors (ASM) have no permanent magnets and are simple in design, sturdy, low in maintenance and long-lived. The higher power density of permanently excited synchronous motors (PSM) allows a more compact and lighter design, depending on the application. Fluid cooling in the metal housing dissipates the heat.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Battery life, reliability and charging infrastructure are going to be factors in convincing current rural owning ICE F-150 owners to switch to EVs. gasoline superusers drive Ford’s F-Series pickups. million Ford F-Series gasoline superuser pickup drivers in the U.S. households. Rural driving requirements are different.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. By partnering with these two industries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it.

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