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Ferrari to launch three cars in 2024, new hypercar may get a plug-in hybrid tech

Baua Electric

The upcoming Ferrari sportscar may use a downsized turbocharged V6 engine paired with a plug-in hybrid technology. The turbocharged V6 engine will come derived from the 296 GTB, 29^ GT3 and the 499P endurance race car. Also, there will be 30 units of hardcore XX version of the car.

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Ford selects Spain for EV production but anticipates substantial job cuts

Teslarati

Ford believes the Valencia, Spain plant is the ideal location for making cars with a next-generation EV architecture and plans to produce the vehicles later this decade. Ford also said it would spend $2 billion to convert its Cologne, Germany plant to build EVs as soon as next year. .

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

And Queensland company AUS EV says the the Rivian is coming to Australia “one way or another” Toyota LandCruiser 70-Series Electrified Toyota LandCruiser 70-Series It’s the most rugged and utilitarian LandCruiser in a Toyota showroom but the mighty 70-Series is set to go electric – albeit many years after many expected it.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. Automaker announcements keep coming, feeding hope that your next car will be a plug-in hybrid or more likely all-electric car.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) When people start driving electric cars, where will the electricity come from?

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