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Ford building new $1.6B plant in Mexico for small cars

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Ford is investing US$1.6 This investment comes during Ford’s 91 st year in Mexico, including manufacturing vehicles since 1925. Mexico is Ford’s fourth-largest vehicle manufacturing site for global customers—behind the US, China and Germany. During the past five years, Ford has invested more than $10.2

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Tesla Model Y tops new study’s list of most-produced cars in 2023

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The Ford F-Series has long been one of the mainstays on this list, and while it sells well in the United States, Canada, and some parts of South America and continues to be the most popular pickup model, the Model Y has managed to surpass it , along with other best-selling vehicles.

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Tesla Model X driven, Apple car by 2020, Ford criticizes Euro carbon goals: Today's Car News

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Today, we drive the Tesla Model X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicts Apple will build electric cars by 2020, and European Ford boss Jim Farley says stricter emissions standards could make cars unaffordable. Chile is. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Five Canadian and developing country teams awarded total of C$12.5M to study climate change adaptation

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Alejandro Llanos, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru; Shuaib Lwasa, Makerere University, Uganda; James Ford, McGill University, Canada; Lea Berrang Ford, McGill University, Canada. Fernando Santibañez, Universidad de Chile, Chile; David J. Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Extremes in the Americas.

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Scrapyard Find: 2010 Peugeot Bipper, Royal Mail Edition

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Thanks to FCA , it was sold as the Ram V700 in Chile. liter HDi turbodiesel, developed by a partnership that included, Mazda, Ford and the PSA Group. Sevel S.P.A. began life in 1978 as a joint venture between Fiat and the PSA Group and is now part of the mighty Amsterdam-based Stellantis Empire. This engine is a 1.4-liter

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Porsche CFO says Europe may delay its ICE ban

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Toyota and Ford, two of the largest manufacturers in the UK, could be faced with fines potentially in the billions by September, according to Dataforce (source: Forbes ). Porsche is a big supporter of this technology, and is part of a group of investor putting $260 million on a startup working on e-fuels in Chile, the report said.

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¿Qué trae el 2023 para los autos eléctricos en Latinoamérica?

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Por su parte, la manufacturera China BYD continua su expansión por el mercado Latinoamericano con varias alternativas eléctricas, en México lanzará la SUV TANG EV, y en Costa Rica, Colombia y Chile, entre otros, la SUV compacta Yuan Plus. Si está buscando comprar una SUV eléctrica, ¡el 2023 es su año!