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Ford and Corning introduce lightweight Gorilla Glass hybrid windshield technology on Ford GT

Green Car Congress

Ford and Corning have developed Gorilla Glass hybrid windshield technology—a light-weighting innovation set to debut on the all-new Ford GT. The Gorilla Glass hybrid window will be used on both the windshield and rear engine cover of Ford GT. —Paul Linden, Ford body exteriors engineer. Click to enlarge.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. Just as there is an Apple ecosystem, so with home and EV battery systems you could wind up with a Ford setup, a Tesla setup, or a VW setup.

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GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. Vehicle electrification and in particular mild hybridization of a conventional powertrain at 48V is a rapid growth area for the automotive industry.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

Plugs and Cars

Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. With our protests, we saved about 1000 Ford and Toyota electric cars, and I drove here today from San Francisco in one.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

Both Ford and Rivian are pushing the US Department of the Interior to speed up mining permits in the U.S. Permitting issues also bedevil wind power projects. For example, Iowa is one of the best states for wind power farms. However, as wind turbine farms have increased, so has local opposition to them.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

Clean Fleet Report

and a direct competitor of the Rivian R1T, Ford F-150 Lightning and Tesla Cybertruck. For example, solar and wind energy at EV charging stations would be an excellent start. The high car demand has emphasized the need to adopt EVs and clean up auto industry emissions. aims to achieve net-zero emissions.