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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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Tesla previously took $150 refundable pre-orders in Australia, but it has since stopped taking them. Rather than utilising a skateboard-style architecture with the battery pack as part of the floor structure Ford simply added batteries and electric motors to the F-150 ladder frame structure.

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What ‘real world’ hydrogen pickup looks like and why it should end the conversation

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Jacob Lozier, HYDROTEC’s program manager, told reporters last week that these trucks could, “power job sites or bring charging to EVs in areas where traditional charging is not available,” before adding that, “ it has enough power and energy to provide power for up to 250 American homes.” Dear lord,” he wrote back. “I

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You’re outta here! Chevrolet Silverado EV won’t be coming to Australia

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And tow them very long distances, where diesel fuel pumps are far more ubiquitous (and quicker filling) than electric charge points. The American Silverado EV has a start price of US$74,800 ($113,000), making it far pricier than a Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning. The post You’re outta here!

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2024 RHD AUSEV F150 Lightning Review

Baua Electric

AUSEV was kind enough, or brave enough, to throw GoAuto the keys to a right-hand drive F-150 Lightning XLT for an on-road test drive around Brisbane. It was a brief 25-minute drive, but it gave us a tantalising first taste of the battery-electric vehicles (BEV) that Australians are likely to covet in future – and right now, this is the only right-hand (..)

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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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.) Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

BMW M cars – they’re coming with hybrid drivetrains. Ford F-150 Lightning – EV version of America’s top-selling large pick-up truck is also the fastest and most powerful. The door to bringing the EV ute to Australia has been prised open with confirmation ICE F-150s are on the way in 2023.

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Feds purge EVs, chargers: Does Musk still believe EVs cost less to run?

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The move would take about 8,000 charging connectors and thousands of EVs out of service, according to a report from The Verge , citing a GSA email and a source familiar with the plans. They’re mostly there to charge government-owned EVs, but they also charge personal vehicles of federal employees, according to The Verge.

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