Remove tag
article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

Ford's entry was the Fairlane, which debuted as a 1962 model. Army staff car , a 1965 Dodge D-200 U.S. The Fairlane name was lifted from Henry Ford's estate in Dearborn , Fair Lane, which itself was named after the street in Cork, Ireland, where Henry's grandfather was born in 1804. The 289 is long gone.

Ford 89
article thumbnail

New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Alpha Wolf – cool compact American ute looks to the rough stuff with retro-infused design. Dodge EV muscle car – from Hemi V8s to electric motors, Dodge says its 2024 EV take on the muscle car will bring bigger performance than any ICE. Ford has also confirmed the smaller Transit Custom to go EV.

article thumbnail

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks.

Plug-in 41
article thumbnail

MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion. MazdaB-2600 : a nice pickup conversion MazdaMiata : Bill Theeringer project Manx Dunebuggy : Scottsbuggy, bike, and Comutacars Maxion: Max HallsCommutamatic II leaning 3 wheeler MercuryCapri : Uve has a great EV design calculator on his page. (No No picturesof his car yet though.)

article thumbnail

VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The first one was the Zytek design you mentioned, but this is a 2nd "new and improved" design from Tesla, with more power, higher speed and greater range. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. 15 days ago AutoblogGreen for 03.31.09 28 days ago VIDEO: Hayabusa-powered smart , or.

Power 49
article thumbnail

Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. market b y the end of 2009. safety requirements.

article thumbnail

Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. Contact Ron Johnston-Rodriguez: info [at] plugincenter.com or (509) 663-5159 Todd Dore and Fox Valley Electric Auto Association , "GrayPearl," EAA-PHEV/Manzanita Micro-style design, November 2006 (N. Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius.

Prius 48