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Stellantis Could Offer Internal Combustion Versions of Electrified Models if Customers Want Them

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Stellantis isn’t ignoring EVs, but it isn’t ready to move on from internal combustion if that’s what its customers want. but Jeep’s Wrangler 4xe PHEV is the best-selling vehicle in its category. Stellantis only offers a few plug-in vehicles in the U.S.,

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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379,125 PHEV (36% ). 63,141 PHEV (25.2%). California’s EV adoption rate exceeds the global trends according to the International Energy Agency showing that the global EV market share jumped from 4.11% in 2020 to 8.57% in 2021. Ford: 5,807 Mustang Mach-E, 18 Focus EV (3.2%). 11,956 FCEV (1.1%). 3,205 FCEV (1.3%).

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2020 Ford Escape to offer hybrid and PHEV variants

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Ford has revealed the 2020 Escape; the small SUV will make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto Show. liter EcoBoost debuts cylinder deactivation, a Ford first for North America, which senses when one cylinder isn’t needed and shuts it down automatically. To date, Ford has sold more than 4.5

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Ford Slashed the Mach-E's Price Tag and Saw an Immediate Uptick in Sales

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One factor that is coming into clear focus is pricing, as Ford recently found out with the Mustang Mach-E. Ford knocked several thousand dollars off the Mach-E’s price earlier this year and has offered aggressive financing deals with interest rates as low as zero percent. & & [Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Ford postpones EV launches to focus on hybrid production

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Ford postponed the launch of at least two electric vehicles (EVs) to focus on hybrid production. This isn’t the first time Ford has postponed EV plans. Instead, Ford is adjusting its timeline to focus on offering hybrid powertrains with its internal combustion engine (ICE) lineup in North America by the end of the decade.

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Jeep adds new Willys 4xe to PHEV lineup

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1 Selec-Trac full-time 4WD system, 30 inches of water fording, heavy-duty Dana 44 axles and mud-terrain tires. liter engine, saving the battery charge for later use such as EV off-roading or urban areas where internal combustion propulsion is restricted. Willys 4xe factory suspension lift delivers 10.1 inches of ground clearance.

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MIT study finds materials risk exposure increases significantly with vehicle electrification

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Now, a study by a team from MIT’s Materials Systems Laboratory, with support from Ford, provides insight into how electrification is changing vehicle composition and how that change is driving supply risk vulnerability. Modern automobiles are built with more than 2,000 different compounds comprising 76 different elements.

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