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Ford sets target to become carbon-neutral globally by 2050

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company intends to achieve carbon neutrality globally by 2050, while setting interim targets to address climate change challenges more urgently. Ford also is working to develop goals approved and defined by the Science Based Targets initiative for its Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

Cars That Think

billion more solar panels. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. The investment data backed this up—according to PitchBook, climate robotics accounts for less than 1 percent of total robotics venture funding over the past five years.

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Decarbonizing Trucking from the Road

CleanTechnica EVs

By Laurie Stone Mike Roeth has clocked thousands of miles pulling his solar-powered recreational vehicle around the country in his quest to make trucking cleaner and more efficient. For some it may seem strange that an effort to curb fuel takes fuel, since Roeth pulls his RV with a diesel-powered Ford F-250. But […].

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Stay on top of the EV news

Electric Auto Association

EV awards “Popular Mechanics” names their favorites The Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian RIT, Polestar 2 and VW ID.4 Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre campus in Stanton, Tennessee. EV RVs Solar panels of the future A new project has been introduced that offers a glimpse of RV and van life to come.

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Stay on top of the EV news

Electric Auto Association

EV awards “Popular Mechanics” names their favorites The Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian RIT, Polestar 2 and VW ID.4 Ford and SK Innovation plan to build a 3,600-acre campus in Stanton, Tennessee. EV RVs Solar panels of the future A new project has been introduced that offers a glimpse of RV and van life to come.

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Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

Green Car Congress

Increased availability of low CO 2 sources of electricity and hydrogen could counter-intuitively delay, rather than accelerate, a large-scale transition to an electric and/or hydrogen vehicle fleet, according to a new study by researchers from Ford Motor Company and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Wallington et al.

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

With the pandemic, with climate change issues coming to the forefront, with a change in Administration, there’s just incredible interest in EVs right now.” Participants took the opportunity to check-out five vehicles from the Tesla START program , as well as a Mustang Mach-E donated for display by the local Ford dealership.