Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2011

After more than 11,000 miles driving solely on electric power in our 2011 Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, we now find our Volt in the body shop. So for longer trips, our "extended-range vehicle" is a rented 2012 Ford Focus SEL model.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2011

Electric vehicles of various sorts are just now showing up in dealer showrooms. But that leaves a quarter of a billion gasoline vehicles running around U.S. Various entities have proposed to retrofit existing vehicles with various types of electric powertrains. What to do to clean them up?

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2023

A Ram extended-range EV will help run faster than regulations. While Ford and GM are aiming to make electric trucks and gasoline ones in the years ahead, Stellantis plans that plus a range-extended. Lightyear opens the waitlist for its $40,000 model. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals. Low propensity to soot.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Two of America’s Best-Selling Vehicles Go Electric. Ford’s all-in on electrification and Clean Fleet Report had a chance this past week to experience the company’s commitment first hand—from the passenger seat. The first Ford F-150 Lightning pre-production units begin leaving the factory. Power Anything, Anywhere. They add a 15.5-inch

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 6, 2025

What they got wrong was assuming that all of those vehicles would run on battery power alone, with gasoline-electric hybrid technology bound for the technological scrap heap. Those numbers are a disappointment to automakers and regulators, who have looked to PHEVs as a bridge technology between gasoline vehicles and pure EVs.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 11, 2022

America ’s Best-Selling Truck Is Now All-New and All-Electric. Ford says the all-new, all-electric 2022 F-150 Lighting is “the truck of the future.” Ford plans to lead in vehicle electrification by committing $22 billion to electrifying its cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks through 2025. Not electric trucks, but trucks.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 12, 2021

More Power Raises Performance For The All-electric SUV. Clean Fleet Report has previously reviewed the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, and our opinion is Ford has a winner with this all-electric SUV. How about two electric motors, one each for the front and rear wheels, with the front motor upgraded for increased performance.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Two battery- electric models and a hybrid also are in the mix, with varied results. The Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle and the Ford C-MAX Hybrid earned an acceptable rating in this test, while the battery-electric Nissan LEAF earned a poor rating. Ford C-MAX Hybrid. Head & neck.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 30, 2024

More range. More Fun Clean Fleet Report has had plenty of seat time in the Ford Mustang Mach-E since it was launched in 2021. Ford did not disappoint, handing over the keys to the updated GT and the all-new Rally; we learned plenty. I learned what Ford engineers had in mind when they designed the MagneRide damper suspension.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Ford has begun planning a series plug-in hybrid system for use in SUVs and its largest Super Duty heavy-duty pickup trucks, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Series hybrid systems use an internal-combustion as a generator, with electric motors actually powering the wheels. Both models are due in 2027.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

During a recent earnings call with investors, Ford CEO Jim Farley was blunt about the suitability of electric vehicles for towing trailers. Theres no denying that range takes a hit when towing, no matter the type of powertrain. These customers have very demanding use cases for an electric vehicle.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2025

Ford on Thursday unveiled a prototype Mustang Mach-E electric SUV outfitted for NASCAR racing. It combines Mach-E style bodywork with a carbon-fiber tub chassis and components from a current NASCAR Cup Series race car, including suspension, brakes, steering, and wheels, Ford said in a brief statement.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 20, 2006

Toyota moves to corner the 'plug-in' market Reversing course, the Japanese automaker reveals it will make hybrid cars that can go even farther on electricity. But gasoline prices have since soared to more than $3 a gallon. A typical hybrid has a big gasoline engine and a tiny electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. In April 2009, Consumer Reports recommended only 17% of the GM cars they tested while they recommended 70% of the Fords. mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Could Scouts standout pairing of nuts and bolts and clicky buttons, crossed with the potential of satellite-data-delivered feature upgrades, help make EVs popular with a new group, or will it be the McDLT of electric SUVs? That means we have one e-beam (an electric motor incorporated into a solid axle), for instance, as the rear axle.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test True Long Range: 1,796 Miles and Four States in a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Ford presented a great opportunity to test the long-range suitability of the 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E when I received an invitation to attend the Ford Bronco Off-Roadeo program in Moab, Utah.

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

The Mach-E is Ford’s only dedicated electric vehicle, with no gasoline equivalent. In the 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT, the design cues and prancing-horse logos still deal out an overstated hand of pony-car attitude. It comes with a 91-kwh (usable) Extended Range battery pack and a 280-mile EPA range rating.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

(CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. In general, the price of gasoline needs to be above US$3.50/gallon

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The world’s first-to-market electric pickup truck, it turns out, isn’t from Ford, General Motors, or a late-to-market Tesla Cybertruck. Rivian, despite a near-$100 billion market cap, has miles and years to go to become “the next Tesla,” the unfortunate albatross that gets hung from the neck of many electric vehicle newbies.

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EV Life

JUNE 8, 2023

The electric vehicle market has expanded rapidly in the last few years as automakers have introduced a variety of EV models to keep up with demand. These days, all-electric options are available in every type of vehicle, from high-horsepower electric sports cars to stylish electric luxury sedans to torque-heavy electric trucks.

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Baua Electric

JULY 24, 2024

10-80% is typically seen as a benchmark for EV road-trip charging Peak charge power can be misleading, and in many cases it’s more about efficiency Relatively few of today’s EVs charge from 10-80% in less than 30 minutes There’s much ado about getting electric vehicle charging times closer to the five minutes or less needed to fill a gasoline tank.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We are in Nashville, Tennessee, where Scout Motors shared details of its first SUV, the Traveler, and its all-electric pickup truck, the Terra. It is also expected to deliver up to 350 miles of all-electric range, but even more, if you add a range extender (more on that in a bit).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. Power will come from a 200 kilowatt, or 268 horsepower, electric motor. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 8, 2024

Rivian on Thursday Rivian set the stage for its mass-market R2 with more comfortable, better-performing, lighter, and more simplified “Gen 2” versions of its electric trucks. 2025 Toyota Crown Signia And do you want a roomy, gasoline-fueled hybrid station wagon that can get nearly 40 mpg? The first U.S.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Driving electric can be a plus in cold weather. Here’s what two organizations— Resource-Media and Recurrent —had to say about the advantages of electric vehicles (EVs) in frigid weather. Newer EVs have larger battery capacities, allowing for longer ranges and protecting against performance losses. Sign up for our newsletter.

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