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Ford opens E-Transit Registration site for commercial customers; new pricing

Green Car Congress

Ford is opening an E-Transit registration site today for commercial customers ahead of order banks opening by July. To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit.

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ASU research finds that Cash for Clunkers rebates were too high to prompt car upgrades

Green Car Congress

It was a great opportunity to get some insights from this natural experiment about trade-in promotions and the effect of trade-in rebates that nobody had looked at before. I think the economists have said it’s sort of a wash because it mainly just took future purchases and accelerated them. and of the new vehicles, 24.9. Chadwick J.

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1.0L EcoBoost Fiesta receives EPA rating of 45 mpg highway

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rated Ford’s 2014 1.0L EcoBoost-powered Fiesta sub-compact, arriving at dealers later this year, at 45 mpg (5.2 As an example, the 2014 Honda Insight achieves 44 mpg highway, while the 2014 Volkswagen Golf diesel with a manual transmission delivers 42 mpg highway. Earlier post.)

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Are Auto Companies Ready for the Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Additionally, Ford has just announced a ‘resizing’ in plans to build a $3.5 EV inventories are at all-time highs, and traditional dealers are concerned about their bottom lines, especially since they have had to make large investments in capabilities to sell and service EVs. The United Auto Workers strike in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I They make sightseeing vehicles, and they’d built an EV that resembled a Ford Model T,” Steiner said.

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How Automotive Dealerships Can Save Money with Battery Energy Storage

Blink Charging

federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. In addition to Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Porsche are highlighted as key players in the GlobalData report.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Partly in order to change this situation, Steiner purchased Waverley Electrics , a firm founded in 1896 by Albert Augustus Pope that manufactured the electric Waverley vehicle in Indianapolis from 1898 until 1916. “I They make sightseeing vehicles, and they’d built an EV that resembled a Ford Model T,” Steiner said.

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