Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Ford has done it's share of electric cars, including the Ranger EV and Th!nk nk City that were its ZEV mandate cars in the '90s. The #2 US automaker has made a few plug-in hybrid Escape Hybrids that have been in a test fleet at Southern California Edison for about 18 months. All eyes are fixed on 2011.

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Ford Mini E Detroit Obama 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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Mini E Davis BMW New Jersey 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Modern electric cars offer power and bucket loads of torque. Electricity providers E.ON Electric Vehicle Accelerated Development in the North East is a £10.7-million Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle. Since 2007, smart has been trialing 100 smart electric cars with partner companies across the country.

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Carbon Electric Vehicles Vehicles London 150