article thumbnail

Ford unveils all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept with new EV crate motor customers can now buy

Green Car Congress

In Las Vegas for SEMA, Ford revealed the all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept—a zero-tailpipe-emissions demonstration truck powered by the all-new Ford Performance Parts Eluminator electric crate motor that customers can now buy online. —,Eric Cin, global director, Vehicle Personalization, Accessories and Licensing.

article thumbnail

Getting the personal story `

Electric Auto Association

Matching owners with shoppers has gone so far as in-person meet-ups, especially when local dealerships do not have the particular vehicle in stock. “If Far-flung and growing… Before the pandemic, the NBEAA met in person at Thunderstruck Motors , an EV parts and conversion shop in Santa Rosa with a decades-long association with the chapter.

article thumbnail

News: 2022 General Motors EV Live

Clean Fleet Report

General Motors has come up with a program that should go a long way to clearing-up those unknowns. EV Live is an education platform, accessible to all, where a real person will interact one-on-one with consumers. Observations: General Motors EV Live. to General Motors for taking this step to educate consumers.

article thumbnail

Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

Green Car Congress

In February 2022 and also under the HECTOR initiative, Aberdeen City Council unveiled the UK’s first refuse collection vehicle (RCV)—a Mercedes-Benz Econic with a 250 kW Hyzon electric motor coupled to an Allison 3000 Series transmission in conjunction with a 45 kW fuel cell. Refueling at 350 bar takes just under 15 minutes.

Convert 444
article thumbnail

PHEV conversion company HPEV shipping sub-assembles and components for Ford 350 class 3 truck

Green Car Congress

a plug-in hybrid conversion company, says it ia delivering sub-assemblies and components for commercializing its parallel hybrid conversion system on a Ford 350 class 3 truck. The HPEV system uses lead acid batteries to power an electric motor drive which in turn powers a traction motor attached to the rear axle of a vehicle.

article thumbnail

VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Volkswagen ‘s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on Monday as it presented the technology in Las Vegas. General Motors said last March it was working on a virtual personal assistant using AI models behind ChatGPT.

article thumbnail

NHTSA calculates US motor vehicle crashes in 2010 cost $871B in economic loss and societal harm

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Transportation''s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new study that finds the price tag for motor vehicle crashes in the US in 2010 carried a cost of $871 billion in economic loss and societal harm. The economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in the US is the equivalent of 1.9%

2010 246