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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Another Niche Filled by an Electric Version. Electric cars, trucks and buses are slowly making their way onto roads. million electric vehicle sales to date. Hybrid and fully electric vehicles are already available for a variety of commercial and personal uses. However, the vehicle isn’t fully electric.

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Damaged Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat reportedly sells for $110k at auction

Teslarati

The demand for the all-electric truck is so notable that Ford has increased its production targets for the vehicle several times over. But while new Ford F-150 Lightnings selling above their respective MSRP are not really anything new today, a recent auction involving a Lightning unit has caught many truck and EV fans by surprise.

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Tesla Cybertruck makes rare appearance at Moss Landing Megapack event

Teslarati

The event featured a special guest from the electric vehicle maker in the form of the company’s upcoming all-electric pickup truck, the Cybertruck. Keen-eyed observers also noted that the vehicle featured a much shorter windshield wiper this time around, though the reasons behind this change remained to be seen. .

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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

But as the Times points out, the government is NOT forcing the fleet to become all electric: The E.P.A. It does not mandate the sales of electric vehicles, and gas-powered cars and trucks could still be sold. Yes, it's lying season! I want to focus on one particular egregious lie. It very much is not. regulation is not a ban.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

Ford knows trucks, and demand for its F-150 Lightning shows truck buyers may not be as afraid of EVs as many think. The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck may be the first real mass-market electric vehicle sold in the US. At the top of the heap is the Ford F-Series, the best-selling US. The F-150 Lightning is good.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

Since most of America’s electricity still comes from fossil fuels, electric vehicles charged by that source of energy indirectly generate greenhouse gasses. The trend toward electric vehicles will stimulate the reduction of greenhouse gases but not guarantee it. Fossil fuels are expensive and environmentally destructive.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

Green Car Congress

Simulations of future vehicles under the footprint-based standards found that the sales-weighted average vehicle size increases by 2–32%, undermining gains in fuel economy by 1–4 mpg (0.6–1.7 10 11 kg with no size changes)—the equivalent to adding three to ten coal-fired power plants to the electricity grid each year.

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