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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

Green Car Congress

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

The Truth About Cars

To make matters worse for Renault and Volkswagen, BMC undercut both the Dauphine and the Beetle on price with the Austin Mini , which made its US-market debut as a 1960 model. All three of those Dauphines were for sale on the SF Bay Craigslist site for months, with a price tag of $1,000 for the trio. The Crusher awaits.

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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

Here's the press release: PLUG-IN PARTNERS DECLARES VICTORY In January 2006, Austin Energy launched the national Plug-In Partners campaign, a grassroots effort to demonstrate to automakers that there is sufficient demand to support the mass production of flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. First, were economics.

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Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

Green Car Congress

ChargePoint America will provide 4,600 Level II (220 – 240 volts) public and private ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations by October 2011 to program participants in nine regions in the United States: Austin, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Orlando, Fla.; Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington DC.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

The roomy Model S luxury sedan now starts at about $90,000 with a 100 kWh battery pack and all-wheel drive, offering 405 miles of range. has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. Tesla’s Model Y–everyone’s favorite.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

So we now have over 300 billion miles that have been driven with FSD v12. Currently normalized worldwide cost per vehicle in Austin and Berlin are already very close to that of Fremont. We have hundreds of them in different cities, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, New York, a lot of different locations.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Many of the first Prius hybrids that were released are still running strong on their NiMH batteries after 100,000+ miles. — jerryd 7.

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