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Dodge Hornet PHEV drive, Hyundai charging robot, Mexico and EVs: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

We drive the first plug-in Dodge and get PowerShots. And Mexico is building a lot of EVs but not buying them. In a first drive and review of the 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T plug-in hybrid, we found this puzzling. Hyundai shows a charging robot that could be used for self-driving cars or accessibility features.

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FCA to invest $4.5B to expand production capacity in Michigan, electrify Jeep vehicles with PHEV, possible BEV models

Green Car Congress

billion to convert the two plants that comprise the Mack Avenue Engine Complex into the future assembly site for the next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee, as well as an all-new three-row full-size Jeep SUV and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models, adding 3,850 new jobs to support production. FCA would invest $1.6

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Report: China’s Chery Considers U.S. Market Yet Again

The Truth About Cars

but frankly speaking I can't say much more about our strategy," Brian Wu, executive vice president of Chery Mexico, told MotorTrend in a recent interview. & soil, Wu said there would be a mix of EVs and PHEVs. I do believe that these models [we have in Mexico], we can put them in the U.S. market] is very important for us.

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Next pickup for Nissan and Mitsubishi may get PHEV, EV versions

Baua Electric

Mitsubishi Triton Absolute concept The two automakers will also reportedly co-develop a new pickup truck, with all-electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains, to be manufactured in Mexico. since the Dodge Dakota-derived Raider of the early 2000s.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil.

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

Probably the most needed and least controversial proposed change is the elimination of the phaseout of the tax cap that begins in the quarter after a manufacturer sells 200,000 BEVs or PHEVs in the US. But all of these PHEVs have batteries of around 9 kWh and so they could easily be upgraded to 10 kWh to qualify for the tax credit.