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Orders beginning for Ford F-150 Diesel; best-in-class torque, towing, targeted EPA-est. 30 mpg

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The F-150 Power Stroke diesel features a targeted EPA-estimated 30 mpg (7.83 In testing along the Davis Dam in Arizona, F-150 equipped with the all-new 3.0-liter For fleet customers who use their truck for work, the 3.0-liter Ford dealers will begin taking orders for the 2018 F-150 with all-new 3.0-liter foot bed configuration.

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Chrysler to deploy 20 Ram plug-in hybrid pickups this month; first of 140-unit test fleet

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Chrysler will deliver the first 20 units of its coming 140-unit plug-in hybrid RAM pickup test truck fleet ( earlier post )—10 to Clark County, Nevada and 10 to Yuma, Arizona—later this month, said Chrysler’s Abdullah A. The Chrysler PHEV pickup project is a $97.4-million Technical approach for the Chrysler RAM PHEV.

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Chrysler Group launches second phase of PHEV minivan project

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Other deployments are in Arizona, North Carolina and Michigan. The minivans have an electric drive range in the city of 22 miles, and charge depleting fuel economy (city) of 53 mpg US (4.43 A fleet of plug-in hybrid Ram pickups also is being evaluated as part of a wider project.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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Average fuel efficiency in the US is 22 miles per gallon (mpg). New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.) An acre of corn that provides 500 gallons of ethanol, at 22 mpg, gives you 11,000 miles, or would, if such gallons had the same energy content as a gallon of gasoline. Agua Caliente PV Plant: Yuma Arizona. Click to enlarge.

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Ryder sees increasing demand for heavy-duty natural gas trucks; expanding California program to other states

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Sixty-five of those vehicles are part of Ryder’s natural gas fleet in Southern California, made available through the Ryder/San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) Natural Gas Vehicle project. for 22 natural gas vehicles in Arizona. for 22 natural gas vehicles in Arizona. Ryder System, Inc., Earlier post.). Golden Eagle.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile. The CAFE program established by the EISA 2007 legislation specified a minimum 35 mpg in 2020. The national program ramps up slightly more slowly than the California program envisioned, but does get to the same fleet average endpoint.

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Road Trip: 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Extended Range

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Road Trip: 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Extended Range Making the Case To Be Your Only Car Clean Fleet Report recently ventured on a 1,796-mile, four-state road trip in an all-electric 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD Extended. Our 1,796-mile road trip proved it can be driven confidently long range. Story by John Faulkner.