Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

Lightning Systems designs and manufacturers zero-emission all-electric powertrains for commercial fleets—from Class 3 Ford Transit vans to Class 6 work trucks, Class 7 city buses, and Class 8 motor coaches. All Lightning products are available today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

a global leader in LiDAR (Light, Detection and Ranging) technology, announced the completion of a combined $150 million investment from co-investors Ford Motor Company and China’s leading search engine company Baidu, Inc. —Raj Nair, Ford Executive Vice President, Product Development and Chief Technical Officer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The proceeds from the new funding will be used to ramp up production to fulfill new orders for electric powertrains for Ford Transits, Ford E-450s, Ford F-59 step vans, Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 6500XD trucks and Lightning Electric city buses. All Lightning products are available today.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

This technology is now available on all Electrify America chargers across the US in advance of the anticipated arrival in the coming months of Plug&Charge-capable EVs, including the 2021 models of the Porsche Taycan, Ford Mustang Mach-E and Lucid Air. Electrify America is the first company to offer this service to multiple automakers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains, delivered the first two units on an initial order of six Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD wheel-chair accessible passenger vans to Freebee, an operator of on-demand public transportation in the South Florida region. All Lightning products are available today.

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EV Adoption

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Out of 82 BEVs and PHEVs that are either currently available for sale in the US, or expected to be so by the end of 2022, 67 of them, or 81.7%, have a base manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) higher than $39,999, according to new analysis from EVAdoption. Fifteen or 18.3% have a base MSRP below $40,000 and 31 or 37.8%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2018

Blue Bird is providing the cleanest propane engine available for school buses on the market, with this version being 90% cleaner than the current emissions standard and 10 times cleaner than any non-Blue Bird propane school bus option available today. g/bhp-hr—a new version of the Ford 6.8 g/bhp-hr NO x Ford 6.8L

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Transit buses are excellent repower candidates for a variety of reasons, including the wide availability of parts and experienced service mechanics. Just as important, a repower keeps these buses out of the landfill, making the repower choice the most sustainable option today. All Lightning products are available today.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

The light-duty diesel segment is led by three models: the Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit, and Ford F-150. More than 40 diesel models are available today in the United States from 10 manufacturers and brands. The F-150 diesel is new for 2018; sales represented approximately 5% of total F-150 sales.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Corp. announced at the New York International Auto Show that they are teaming up to implement the Microsoft Hohm energy management application for Ford’s electric vehicles. Ford is the first automaker to announce the planned use of Hohm, starting with the Focus Electric next year.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The 2021 Model S Long Range Plus’ performance was already better than a number of popular electric vehicles on the market, including the Audi e-tron, the Porsche Taycan, and the Ford Mustang Mach-E. . But I will say it is absolutely the fastest charging EV available today.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

The manufacturers initially involved in the AMP will be Allegheny Technologies, Caterpillar, Corning, Dow Chemical, Ford, Honeywell, Intel, Johnson and Johnson, Northrop Grumman, Procter and Gamble, and Stryker. This is a highly valuable digital design tool usually unavailable to smaller firms.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

In 2009, the company announced a vehicle-development partnership with Ford Motor Company to introduce a zero-emission lithium-ion battery electric vehicle (BEV)—this became the Ford Focus BEV, which entered the market in 2011 and is still available today.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 1, 2022

Ford Mustang Mach-E. EV towing Ready for a serious haul Many EVs available today are engineered to tow substantial weight. EV demand, value, incentives, charging… even EV Super Bowl. EV Super Bowl Who won, the Rams or EVs? The Hyundai Ioniq 5 BEV is a good choice for towing in the 1,500-lb category. Volva mega-casting.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

The study found that of the roughly 100,000 charging points available today, 76% are concentrated in just four countries (the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK). On the other end of the spectrum, a country such as Romania—roughly six times bigger than the Netherlands—only has 114 charging points. —ACEA report.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 9, 2023

These exciting new capabilities are catching the eye of automakers and EV charging manufacturers, and many have already made this type of charging available to consumers or plan to do so in the near future. Vehicle to load (V2L) : This is probably the most common type of bidirectional charging available today. Let’s take a look.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

Together with the BMW Group, Daimler AG, the Ford Motor Company, and the Volkswagen Group with Audi, Porsche is laying the groundwork for the establishment of a powerful fast-charging network for electric vehicles in Europe. Third, charging along the main traffic arteries in Europe. Plug in and charge fast” is the motto.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2016

A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Reaction Design is introducing the first volume of the industry’s most well-validated available Model Fuel Library, the result of seven years of research and validation under the Model Fuels Consortium ( earlier post ). Right: mofe accurate n-heptane model (174 chemical types) vs. data. Source: Reaction Design. Click to enlarge.

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EV Connect

JULY 12, 2021

will need as many as 235,000 fast EV chargers to meet demand — up from about 47,000 chargers that are available today. The more that open networks are available, the lower the barrier to entry is for consumers who are on the fence about going electric. Looking at it another way, a recent PWC study forecasted that the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Ford Motor Company has entered into two new research collaborations driving innovation in mobility and autonomous vehicles. Ford also this year is contributing to the UK Autodrive initiative that is researching how driverless and connected cars can be integrated into everyday life. —Mark Fields, Ford president and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Earlier this month, Ford unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which uses advanced materials to explore future weight-reduction solutions that could improve performance and fuel efficiency while reducing CO 2 emissions. million from Vehma/Ford) has two main objectives. million from Vehma/Ford) has two main objectives.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Five versions of the EV6 are available with two different batteries, rear or all-wheel drive, and between 167 and 576 hp. It’s available in both rear-wheel and all-wheel drive. A head-up display, blind-spot/surround view monitor and remote parking assist are available. Kia’s aero look What Is the EV6? inch wheelbase.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s available in both RWD or AWD and has two battery options, either a 55 kilowatt-hour (kWh) or 77.4 In looking at the current crop of new EVs on the market today, it ranks in the top 3 new BEVs along with the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Polestar 2. What Is the EV6? The EV6 is a 5-door midsize crossover that sits on a 114.2-inch

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Teslarati

AUGUST 24, 2021

While responding to a post about how automotive teardown expert Sandy Munro advised Ford to try out Tesla’s FSD Beta to experience the bleeding edge of driver-assist systems available today, Musk stated that in his opinion, even FSD Beta 9.2 is not actually that impressive yet.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 30, 2022

Ford and BMW have invested in the solid state battery start-up Solid Power. In other words, an EV that is very close to the equivalent of the best internal combustion engine available today. “We QuantumScape’s fast-charging results are detailed in a white paper; a recording of the webinar is available here.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon. Is this the Zune HD?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Of course, everything has its drawbacks and one problem with charging at home is that it is not an option available for some city dwellers. Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. It does not reflect well upon you.

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