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Ford asks suppliers for ideas to cut EV costs in an all-win-or-lose push for profitability

Baua Electric

In a new memo, Ford asked suppliers about ideas to cut EV costs after its Model e unit continued to bleed billions in Q1. Ford’s Mustang Mach-E was the second best-selling electric SUV last quarter, behind Tesla’s Model Y, with 9,589 units sold. Although the move has helped boost demand, it’s also costly. That’s up 77% over Q1 2023.

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AM General the exclusive North American assembler for Bright Idea plug-in hybrid electric work-truck platform

Green Car Congress

has entered into an agreement for AM General LLC to be Bright’s exclusive North American assembler for the Bright IDEA vehicle platform. AM General will build the Bright IDEA in its Commercial Assembly Plant in Mishawaka, Ind., The Bright IDEA is an all-new, plug-in hybrid electric light-duty work-truck due on the market in 2014.

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Toyota says hybrids are better than Teslas, and I say I’m better than Shakespeare

EV Central

But let’s let Sean speak for himself here: “[Battery electric vehicles] make sense right now in places like Norway where most energy is renewable and incomes are high but Australia is not Europe,” he said. “In Toyota’s market share has been dropping in Australia and the electric vehicle market share has been growing.”

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Disneyland announces Autopia will be all-electric within the next 30 months (Updated)

Baua Electric

But activists put the pressure on to ensure that Disney goes all-EV with the ride, and fast. Late Thursday, those activists got their wish , and Disney announced that it would go all-electric with the ride within the next 30 months. Just imagine how much more fun the ride will be when it goes electric.

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Honda Is Going All Electric…By 2040

CleanTechnica EVs

Honda says its model lineup will be 100% electrified by 2040, but its idea of electric and your idea of electric may be worlds apart.

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New Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE 680hp hybrid with technology transfer from Formula 1

Green Car Congress

The new Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE hybrid (combined fuel consumption, weighted: 6.9 l/100 km / 34 mpg US; combined CO 2 emissions, weighted: 156 g/km; combined electric energy consumption, weighted: 11.7 A two-speed electric motor positioned on the rear axle supports the 2.0-liter a P3 hybrid.

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Honda to extend application of i-MMD two-motor hybrid system across lineup

Green Car Congress

Honda said that because powertrain requirements differ from region to region and are becoming further diversified depending on infrastructure, regulations and customer needs in each region, it will deliver the most appropriate products to customers based on the idea of placing the right products, in the right places at the right time.

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