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One Year Later, Ford E-Transit Van Is The Leader In Helping Ford Pro Customers Shift To Battery Power

Electric Cars Report

A year after making its North American debut, the Ford E-Transit van has established itself as the leader of the pack in the all-electric commercial cargo van market. E-Transit is the best-selling electric cargo van in the United States and Canada, as well as the sales leader in Europe.

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Ford Performance unveils all-electric Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 electric dragster prototype

Green Car Congress

Ford Performance has unveiled a one-off Mustang Cobra Jet factory drag racer with all-electric propulsion. Ford has always used motorsport to demonstrate innovation. —Dave Pericak, Global Director, Ford Icons.

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Ford recalling certain 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E vehicles; high voltage battery main contactors may overheat

Green Car Congress

Ford is recalling certain 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E vehicles because the high voltage battery main contactors may overheat, causing the vehicle to lose drive power. In the defective vehicles, DC fast charging and repeated wide-open pedal events can cause the high voltage battery main contactors to overheat.

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Ford will supply over 9,000 E-Transit vans to the U.S. Postal Service this year

Teslarati

Ford will supply over 9,000 E-Transit electric vans to the U.S. five-year plan for fleet electrification This is the first of hundreds of new stations across the United States that will be installed this year, powering the EVs that will eventually be responsible for carrying the mail in the United States. USPS commits to new $9.6B

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Solid-state battery company Solid Power closes $130M Series B led by BMW, Ford and Volta

Green Car Congress

Solid Power, a developer of all solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, announced a $130-million Series B investment round led by the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and Volta Energy Technologies. BMW and Ford now share leading positions in the race for solid-state battery-powered electric vehicles.

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Ford draws up a portable charging trailer to power up your EV

Electrek

Ford wants to give you extra battery power while out and about. The automaker filed a patent for a portable “charging trailer” that can power up your EV or even a construction site. more… The post Ford draws up a portable charging trailer to power up your EV appeared first on Electrek.

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Ford experimenting with four-legged robots to laser-scan plant

Green Car Congress

Ford is using two four-legged robots leased from Boston Dynamics at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant in early August to laser-scan the plant, helping engineers update the original computer-aided design. Equipped with five cameras, the robots can travel up to 3 mph on a battery lasting nearly two hours. We design and build the plant.

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