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

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A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey areas. Availability of the Focus Electric will expand in 2012 to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.;

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DOE Closes $1.4B Loan Agreement with Nissan to Support Production of LEAF and Batteries

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Washington DC, Seattle, Raleigh, N.C., billion to Ford Motor Company. The DOE has also signed a conditional commitment with Fisker Automotive to build plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Nissan LEAF, a five-passenger sedan, will be available for private and fleet customers. and with Houston-based Reliant Energy.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. After a couple hours driving the VF 8 in San Diego County, here are our initial thoughts.

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Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

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Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. Ford’s current demonstration fleet of Escape plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) is using JCS Li-ion packs. Earlier post.).

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NC Transportation Center

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I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C. Duke Energy Corp.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. Other companies, including Apple and Tandy Corp. The company stumbled badly, its bureaucratic approach to product development no match for a fast-moving field.

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

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The company’s modular, portable system—called the Roadie—is designed to make DC fast charging mobile. SparkCharge co-founder and CEO Joshua Aviv spoke with Charged back in 2019, when the Roadie was in pre-production, and the company was working with prototypes. Now SparkCharge has deployed its system with the first wave of customers.