Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

That money will go toward: Next-Gen Hybrid Electrics: Part of Ford’s new strategy includes going all-in on hybrids to bring more capability to customers of our most popular and high-volume vehicles like F-150, Mustang, Explorer, Escape and Bronco. liter Power Stroke diesel engine for F-150, updated version of the popular F-150 Raptor.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford Pro will collaborate with global sustainability leaders Ecolab to speed up the electrification of its vehicle fleet, with a goal of transitioning to a 100% fully electric commercial fleet by 2030. Ecolab’s journey towards 100% fleet electrification will begin in California with the conversion of its sales and service fleet to EVs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

Ford Co-Pilot360 will roll out across Ford’s new passenger cars, SUVs and trucks up to F-150 in North America, starting on the new 2019 Ford Edge and Edge ST this fall. Commercial customers can also benefit from Ford’s expansion of driver-assist technologies. Ford will continue to introduce new driver-assist technologies.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

FYI, the safest EV trucks include Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning, according to the DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the private Institute for Highway Safety. Huge savings on charging costs when compared to the price of fuel. No noise means your EV trucks can enter areas with restrictions on sounds.

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Teslarati

MARCH 2, 2022

. “With fewer moving parts than more conventional propulsion systems, we also believe the Endurance will have advantages in total cost of ownership.” Lordstown says it will begin production and commercial sales in Q3 2022. Lordstown Motors hangs on by a thread, increasing costs and decreasing outlook.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2016

The commercialization path in part will depend on the cost of cerium. At an alloy cost of less than $10.00/kg, At alloy costs in the $10 to $20 range, commercialization activities would concentrate on military application, where the alloy strength could be used advantageously for lighter weight structures.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Although military aircraft were breaking the sound barrier daily during the 1950s and '60s, commercial passenger flights during this time remained limited to subsonic speeds. Today's airliners travel no faster than their counterparts of 60 years ago—indeed, they tend to fly somewhat slower to reduce fuel costs. supersonic airliner.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ford Mustang Mach-E (& F-150 Lightning & E-Transit). Take the Mach-E battery pack and drop it into the best-selling Ford Transit commercial vehicle and the E-Transit enters the last-mile delivery market. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

Installed to support the production of stronger, lighter and safer vehicles, the $120-million CASH 3 line expands the company’s production to supply aluminum sheet for the body and cargo box of Ford’s 2017 F-150 SuperDuty pickups. The CASH 1 and 2 lines supply aluminum for Ford’s F-150. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

The underlying technology—developed by Shell Oil over several years—will allow NextFuels and its partners to produce bio-based crude at commercial scale for $75 to $85 a barrel out of wet biomass that has not been mechanically or thermally dried. NextFuels will partner with plantation owners and others on various projects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

In Phase II, devices suitable for near-commercial applications must be built and tested, and issues associated with manufacturing the units in large volumes at a competitive price must be addressed. Innovative subsystem component technologies in the areas of high-resolution low-cost NO x and NH 3 sensors. L/100 km) for trucks by 2025.

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Electra Vehicles

JULY 21, 2021

Commercial fleet operating companies lead the electrification movement, pushing for innovative electric vehicle technology and solutions across geographic markets that passenger vehicles have yet to embrace. Here are the top three reasons why commercial fleets, rather than personal vehicles, are electrifying fastest.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

The P11D value of the car (the price of the car including delivery, the cost of any optional extras and VAT, but including VED and Government First Delivery Charge). Fuel cost claims made to employers at a lower rate than the AMAP rate entitle the driver to tax relief on the difference. Light Commercial Vehicles. Up to 100.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. That circuit cost me about 400 bucks to have put in; it's in a garage, so they didn't need to go behind sheetrock. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? They do somewhere between 20 and 40 miles a day.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Putting in a charging station will cost you some money; it depends on a few things. That circuit cost me about 400 bucks to have put in; it's in a garage, so they didn't need to go behind sheetrock. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? They do somewhere between 20 and 40 miles a day.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

Energy sources like solar and wind are already cost competitive compared with fossil fuel. For example, inspecting and repairing onshore wind turbines involves hanging a person 150 meters above the ground, which can be done only by well-trained rope-access technicians. Many companies have been using automation to solve this problem.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

One Bloomberg study found 341 miles was the average range desired, while Deloitte Consulting’s 2022 Global Automotive Consumer Study found US consumers want to be able to travel 518 miles on a fully charged battery in a BEV that costs $50,000 or less. Arguments over how much range is needed are contentious. Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. 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.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The aluminum alloy 7075 has a strength-to-weight ratio 85% higher than the alloys found in typical passenger vehicles; however, manufacturing costs are about 30% higher compared to the 6000 series alloys that are commonly used. This high cost is primarily due to alloy 7075 being notoriously hard to extrude into structural components.

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EV Life

AUGUST 17, 2022

In many cases, the carmaker will pass all or most of the tax credit into the cost of your lease. Not listed. If you don’t owe the federal government $7500 in taxes, leasing could be a great workaround to maximizing the benefits of the credit. When you lease a vehicle, the manufacturer claims the electric vehicle tax credit (not you).

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It remains to be seen how significant of an impact this change will have, but it should clearly increase sales of lower-cost EVs among households or modest income. The current tax credit has no cap on the price of an EV meaning electric cars costing well over $100,000 are eligible for the same credit as one costing $40,000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The car is expected to cost around $40,000. "Even the first DVD player cost many times more than it does today."

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