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Ford Europe EV Plans, Virginia Now a ZEV State – EV Week In Review: Feb. 15-22, 2021

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According to story which cites unnamed sources, Mercedes could offer only new cars with electric units as five or eight years earlier than 2039, the previous target to end production of diesel- and petrol-powered vehicles. – The company rebranded itself from Thor in 2019, builds electric trucks designed to replace equivalent diesel vans.

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New EV electric car calendar

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Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. That hasn’t happened, but a hybrid version of the popular ute is all but gauranteed in the shift to electrification, with a full hybrid (possibly diesel) likely around mid- to late decade.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power alone and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low. Expects production around 2014. 11/11/06 General Motors Corp.

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