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Ford F-150 Lightning’s V2G charging will help power NC energy grid

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Duke Energy, a North Carolina-based energy provider, is aiming to utilize the Ford F-150 Lightning to help reduce stress on the state’s energy grid. Duke Energy filed for a new pilot program that will equip 100 customer-leased EVs, including the F-150 Lightning , and use them for grid stabilization, the utility company said.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Tesla previously took $150 refundable pre-orders in Australia, but it has since stopped taking them. litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC.

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3 Reasons an Electric Vehicle is the Perfect Present

EV Match

The fact that car companies air these commercials year-after-year means they’re at least somewhat effective. So if you’re finding yourself persuaded to buy a car this holiday season, let it be electric. Simply enter your ZIP code and you’re off to the races. Ford F-150. Ford F-150 Electric.

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Ford will use module-less LFP batteries from CATL

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As Ford creates a new EV supply chain that upholds its commitments to sustainability and human rights, the company continues to plan for more than half its global production to be EVs by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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