Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Ford F-150 Lightning is between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds heavier than the non-electric version. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. This added risk wouldn’t apply if everyone drove cars of similar heft. A GMC Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds, up from about 6,000 pounds. Why does this matter?

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 24, 2023

For most car enthusiasts, a Ford Mustang without a V8 under the hood is sacrilege. Full disclosure: Ford flew me to Southern California and fed and housed me. Ford says it is using the Unreal Engine 3D platform that is used in computer gaming. The EcoBoost version of the Mustang has offered over 300 horsepower since 2015.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 25, 2023

It was almost certainly a coincidence that the site Ford chose to launch the 2024 Ford Mustang GT was near a horse-racing track. After all, the seventh-generation Mustang is the company’s newest version of a muscle-car thoroughbred. Full disclosure: Ford flew me to Southern California, fed me, and housed me for two nights.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

Researchers at MIT and the Ford Motor Company have found that depending on the location, lightweight conventional vehicles could have a lower lifecycle greenhouse gas impact than electric vehicles, at least in the near term. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2023

While Ford has been shipping all trims of its all-new 2023 Super Duty pickup line to customers since May, production issues have delayed things and you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone that’s actually driven one. Fortunately, the Blue Oval invited us to take a gander at the new trucks at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds earlier this month.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 15, 2023

Now, like any child of the '80s, I like DeLoreans -- though I prefer the original to the time-machine converted since they look cleaner -- but I really, really love the Toyota pickup Marty dreams about. Not only should we take flying and time travel out of the equation, but we should also focus on cars, here.

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Teslarati

MARCH 14, 2022

Ford’s electric vehicle unit — known as Model e — announced today that it would take massive steps to expand its electric vehicle project in Europe. Ford announced the expansion plan today, recognizing the accelerating pace of electrification in the European market. “I

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

On Tuesday, the Department of Energy decided to slow down the phase-out of existing rules that give car companies extra fuel-economy credits for the EVs they sell. car companies meet federal fuel efficiency standards while maintaining the ability to sell gas-powered pickups and SUVs that are big money makers. The goal was to help U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. The services will be accessed using enhanced mobility and connectivity technologies from Ford vehicles. Ford Project Better World is detailed in the automaker’s 17 th annual Sustainability Report, released today.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2019

GM will double its investment in engineering new electric and self-driving cars. A new study shows that electric cars are cleaner than gas, even when using electricity from coal. California documents show that higher-trim versions of the 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus won't achieve the estimated 226-mile range.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

The 2022 Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is powered by a 2.5-liter MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline. For a cleaner look, the rear wiper could be tucked under the spoiler to increase rearward vision for the driver.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

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. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough. feet) of torque.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

BorgWarner’s regulated two-stage (R2S) turbocharging technology is improving the performance and fuel economy of Ford’s new 2.0-liter liter TDCi diesel engine, the first Ford engine for passenger cars equipped with a two-stage turbocharging system. Ford is also offering an enhanced 2.0-liter liter TDCi diesel engine.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

New Delhi: Lumax Auto Technologies Limited (LATL), a leading Tier-1 diversified automotive systems and components manufacturer, through its aftermarket division has entered into a strategic partnership with Bluechem Group of Germany, one of the world leaders in innovative automotive car care solutions.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2017

It's been on its own for most of a decade now, after Ford sold its shares in the company, and now Mazda must fund numerous new models all by itself. Small Japanese automaker Mazda is in a tough spot. With global sales of just 1.5 million vehicles, it's one-seventh the size of Toyota or Volkswagen.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As automakers develop more efficient electric motors, EVs pulling electrons from dirtier, coal-powered grids are as clean or cleaner than even the most efficient fossil-fueled cars when it comes to equivalent tailpipe emissions. But electric vehicles still have a supply-chain problem.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The EPA is currently finalizing new rules to limit truck emissions, and a group of manufacturers including Ford, Cummins, BorgWarner and Eaton has broken with the industry to support the upcoming “Phase 3” heavy duty emissions rules, while the rest of the industry, led by Volvo and Daimler, continues to lobby against them.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2018

Ford has unveiled the all-new Ford Focus. The new Focus features a broad suite of Ford advanced driver assistance technologies and advanced EcoBoost gasoline and EcoBlue diesel engines offering a 10% fuel-efficiency improvement across the range. Ford’s multi-award-winning 1.0-liter Minimized crankshaft bearing diameters.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2013

The Polk County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office is running 10 patrol cars converted to propane autogas, including seven Ford Crown Vics, two Chevy Tahoes and one Ford F-350 pickup truck; the office expects to save more than $20,000 every year by using the alternative fuel. —Sergeant Mark Garton, Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

At Consumer Electronics Show Asia, Ford launched a strategic collaboration with Haier (home appliance), Trina Solar (solar power) and Delta Electronics (power management) to introduce MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) to China, a holistic approach for lowering the energy costs and carbon footprint of Chinese families.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

New Ford Focus. The new Ford Focus for Europe ( earlier post ) delivers the car’s most fuel-efficient powertrain line-up yet with improvements of up to 19%, and a significant CO 2 emission reduction across the entire line-up. The new Focus will be the first vehicle in Europe to offer Ford’s new 1.5-liter Ford’s new 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2015

Ford of Europe announced that the a new S-MAX will be the first Ford worldwide to offer Intelligent Speed Limiter, a new technology that scans traffic signs and adjusts the throttle to help drivers stay within legal speed limits and avoid fines. —Stefan Kappes, active safety supervisor, Ford of Europe. Glare-Free Highbeam.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Ford Motor Company is leading a €3.5-million The German government is co-funding the three-year project that will test the first cars to run on dimethyl ether (DME) ( earlier post ), commonly used as a non-toxic propellant in aerosol spray gas, and monooxymethylene ether (OME1). million (US$3.9-million) —Lumpp et al.

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Press release 2nd May 2023 Drive Electric welcomes the continuation of the Clean Car Discount, as this policy is delivering emissions reductions and saving money on fossil fuels. Mark Gilbert, Chair of Drive Electric says, “The Clean Car Discount has turned New Zealand from a laggard to a leader when it comes to EV adoption.

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

The changes confirmed by the government are: >>> Recategorising a limited number of 4WDs from passenger car to light commercial vehicle. The Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid will arrive in 2025. Ford adds a plug-in hybrid Ranger here in 2025 and Isuzu a battery electric D-Max by 2026.

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Drive Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

If this is something that’s been on your mind, stepping into the world of electric motoring has probably crossed it too, making the switch to an electric car or van could help you improve your lifestyle in a wonderful new way. Are electric cars better for the environment? How much are electric cars? In a word, yes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

Due to strong federal and state emissions standards, the average new car has gotten 43% cleaner since 1998. Despite this progress, UCS noted, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler still have higher than average new fleet smog-forming and GHG emissions. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The Electric Highway is part of the West Coast Green Highway , a three-state initiative to promote the use of cleaner fuels along the 1,350 miles of I-5 from British Columbia to Baja, California in Mexico. The technology provides a 30-minute recharge for all-electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV.

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Clean Car

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Buying a New Car is inefficient, its no wonder that electric vehicle sales are still pretty low. The buying experience of a new car for each of us is different, but the one similarity for all of us is its inefficiency. Each of us has a different approach to buying a new car.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 9, 2023

Electric Isn’t Just for Cars Anymore Once upon a time, you had two basic choices of EV—a car or a bike. RVs: Winnebago and Thor are among the manufacturers looking to put out fully electric recreational vehicles that will make the local KOA much quieter and cleaner.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 31, 2012

Ford has committed itself to slashing waste and landfill from its European operations as part of its plans for cleaner manufacturing. The US car maker aims to cut landfill waste by 70 per cent and cut water use by 30 per cent across its European plants over the next five years as part of its [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO 2 emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 passenger cars and light trucks.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 5, 2024

Mitchell ordered up bigger fins than the Chrysler Forward Look cars. But the shapes were smoother, lines cleaner, and side profiles more aerodynamic and less rounded. & The enormous Series Seventy-Five remained the largest car Cadillac built, though its internal series name changed to Series 6700 that year.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

Ford’s ECOnetic technology is coming to Ford’s most popular commercial vehicle, the Ford Transit. Following the launch of ECOnetic models in Ford’s Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo passenger car ranges, Ford are now looking to implement their low CO2 approach in the commercial vehicle market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

As of 1 September, all new cars sold in Europe must meet the Euro 6 emissions requirements. New car models have complied with Euro 6 since September 2014, and as of today all new cars sold must meet this standard. Over the last 15 years, NO x limits for diesel car engines have been reduced by 84%, and particulates (PM) by 90%.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

BYD EV sales momentum continues in January BYD sold 105,304 fully electric cars last month, up 48% from the 71,338 handed over last year. It’s fun to compare the two leading EV makers to give you an idea of where things stand, but at the end of the day, it’s about cleaner transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

Working with Ford, Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies developed the Exhaust Heat Recovery Manifold (EHRM). As a global provider of emissions control and depollution technology, Faurecia Clean Mobility has the clear objective of leading the transition of the mobility value chain towards cleaner solutions. Energy recovery.

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