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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. Volkswagen is joining Ford in investing in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology platform company. Earlier post.).

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A Volkswagen brand pickup will not happen, but we still have Scout’s EV truck coming

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Volkswagen Group America CEO Pablo Di Si told MotorTrend at the Chicago Auto Show this week, “It is not in the plans anymore.” Although part of VW’s 2020 alliance with Ford included building a medium-sized pickup, it won’t launch in the US. It’s currently sold in South America, but again, it won’t enter the US.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. The Model T Ford, which debuted in 1908, was originally designed to operate on alcohol. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. As used in this section and Sec.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Since then Daimler , Ford Motor Company , General Motors , Stellantis and Volkswagen Group, have committed an additional $152 billion in investments, a sum four times their combined 2019 operating profits. As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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One told me he was appalled when he learned that Ford, which lost billions last year, had staged a gala at the Hotel George V during the Paris auto show. Thats less than Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) ($7 billion at the beginning of April), but more than General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) ($1.3 The company itself is frugal.

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