The Truth About Cars

MAY 13, 2024

The very first press car I ever received was a red 2008 Mercury Sable , so let's take a look at the same kind of car at the end of its 16-year career. But we just saw a Corvair in this series less than two years back , so today you're getting a history lesson about decline-and-fall-era Mercury instead.

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Electrek

APRIL 20, 2023

Mercury’s recently unveiled electric outboard motors are now on their way to customers after the company announced the beginning of shipments of the Avator 7.5e. And new performance testing shows just what boaters can expect from the motor.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 22, 2021

So, have the boat, just the shell, no engine at all, in the past these were powered by 2 x 140 HP Mercury 3,0 engines (170kW). Electric Motor for my Draco 2500 25ft Sports Cruiser. Anyone able to suggest if this is a. possible and b.practical at an affordable cost. Anyone able to suggest if this is a. Cheers in advance.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2021

After Faraday [left] failed to acknowledge his mentor, Humphry Davy [right], in an 1821 paper on the electric motor, Davy accused him of plagiarism. He took a deep glass vessel, secured a magnet upright in it with some wax, and then filled the vessel with mercury until the magnetic pole was just above the surface.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Ford is recalling certain models of its 2005-2008 Ford Escape Hybrid and 2006-2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid crossover utility vehicles to fix a cooling issue. The recall will replace faulty Motor Electronics Coolant Pumps in approximately 70,209 vehicles. The pump cools electronics related to the operation of the hybrid powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

Ford Motor Company said it will. end production of Mercury vehicles in the fourth quarter of this year to fully devote its financial, product development, production and marketing, sales and service resources toward further growing its core Ford brand while enhancing the Lincoln brand. in 2005 to 6.3% through the first quarter of 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2009

Mercury Marine , the largest US outboard manufacturer, recently introduced two new OptiMax outboard models for the northern hemisphere summer. Synerject, Orbital’s Joint Venture partnership with Continental AG, is a key supplier to Mercury for the OptiMax fuel injection systems. liter engine platform.

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2023

This time that includes new electric bikes from the consumer electronics brand RCA, a new electric trike from Lectric eBikes, Honda revealed its E-Cub for the Chinese market, a high power hubless wheel electric motorcycle, low-cost electric boats with a Mercury electric outboard motor and lots more.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 2, 2010

car brands, you can now add one more: Mercury. The Ford Motor Company announced today that Mercury production would cease by the end of this year. That means that the widely anticipated compact Mercury version of the 2012 Ford Focus--named "Tracer" after the badge-engineered Ford Escort sold from 1991 to 199, and.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2010

It’s the end of an era for the Ford Motor Company after it decided to wield the axe on the Mercury brand. The company has stated that it will end production of Mercury vehicles in the fourth quarter of this year to devote its financial, product development, production and marketing, sales and services resources to its [.].

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Ford launched the Escape Hybrid as a 2005 model (its Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute siblings showed up a bit later), so The General had some catching up to do in the green-car department. The system replaced the starter motor and alternator with a belt-driven motor/generator rig that generated five horsepower and 48 pound-feet.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 28, 2023

How about specs on a 1996 Mercury Tracer? General Motors has a similar but less robust archive that lets users view and download around 900 vehicle information kits. Farley also shared an image of a 1992 Ford Mondeo in Paris, but it’s easy to get sucked into looking at all the weird stuff in the archives.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Challenger Motor Freight Inc. Hirschbach Motor Lines. Mercury Services, Inc. Cargo Transporters. Convoy Systems LLC. CRST Expedited, Inc. Customer Service Quality Transportation. Curtis Trucking, Inc. Davis Transfer Co. Dedicated Transport LLC. DHL Express USA. Doug Andrus Distributing LLC. Halvor Lines, Inc. Pitt Ohio.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Despite – or perhaps because of – headlines musing about the state of Infiniti’s current offerings, the brand is using the Tokyo Motor Show to introduce a raft of new product. We’ll reiterate that Mercury was way ahead of the game 40 years ago with its light bar on the original Sable.

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Cars That Think

MAY 1, 2024

According to the Zeiss Archive, a large sphere held all of the projectors for the fixed stars as well as a “planet cage” that held projectors for the sun, the moon, and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The fixed-star sphere was positioned so that it projected outward from the exact center of the dome.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

A close look at one Model Y parked at the Gigafactory’s grounds revealed that it was a dual-motor variant, suggesting that Tesla may be planning on starting its production with dual-motor variants of the all-electric crossover. Tesla Giga Berlin has an advanced paint shop that Elon Musk has talked about in the past.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2019

The End of Life Vehicles Directive (Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the European Council of September 18, 2000 on end-of-life vehicles) regulates the disposal and recycling of motor vehicles within the European Union.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

He began his career at Stile Bertone – a design firm – following on to work on some critical projects like Lincoln Mercury at Ford and Kia Motors, before joining Land Rover as Creative Studio Chief in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

Ford Motor Company introduced its own most comprehensive consumer confidence program, the “Ford Advantage Plan”. Under the Ford Advantage Plan, Ford will cover payments for up to 12 months on any new Ford, Lincoln or Mercury vehicle if customers lose their jobs. The program runs from today through 1 June.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

American Motors beat Ford in the midsize sedan game by a year, with the Rambler Classic first appearing as a 1961 model. As was nearly always the case in the North American Ford world, the Fairlane had Mercury-badged siblings… but not for the 1964 model year. The 289 is long gone. It was rated at 195 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Ford Motor Company is launching a voluntary sustainability initiative for Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers—the Go Green Dealership Sustainability Program—to reduce their carbon footprint and improve the energy-efficiency of their dealerships.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

The addition of soy foam in the Explorer expands Ford Motor Company’s commitment to using more sustainable materials in all its vehicles. In addition to Explorer, the Fusion, Fiesta, F-250/F-350 Super Duty, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ will get soy foam by the end of 2010. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

In the past year, Ford Motor Company has increased its use of paper from recycled content instead of virgin sources for all its high-volume, consumer and employee printing projects. Beginning this year, about 2.2 The effort supports Ford’s comprehensive sustainability strategy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Ford Motor Company, working with academic researchers in Canada and one of its suppliers, has developed a wheat straw-reinforced plastic; the natural fiber-based plastic contains 20% wheat straw bio-filler. The 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids feature 85% post-industrial yarns and 15 percent solution-dyed yarns. More than 1.5

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes plunged a mercury wire into liquid helium and noticed that the wire’s electrical resistance vanished. Airbus is working on a superconducting electric motor that uses liquid hydrogen for cooling as well as fuel. The wire had become a “superconductor.”

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. The Trace will have a built-in electric hub motor to help reduce the physical strain on workers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

To create the largest impact, the researchers concluded, emphasis should be placed on the largest producers of vehicles; the five largest producers of automotive vehicles in the United States are General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2009

Ford Motor Company has produced its 100,000th hybrid SUV and used the milestone to restate its commitment to ramping up production of hybrid vehicles this year. The current models of the Ford Escape Hybrid SUV and Mercury Mariner Hybrid SUV deliver 34 mpg US city driving, 31 mpg US highway.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2009

Buyers of a new 2010 Fusion Hybrid or Mercury Milan Hybrid this year will qualify for a $3,400 tax credit. Customers who purchase a Ford or Mercury brand hybrid by March 31, 2009 will remain eligible for the full tax credit amounts. The credit amount is based on a vehicle’s potential fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Ford, General Motors, Honda and Toyota all sell models with high hybrid value ratings, UCS noted. The Honda Civic Hybrid, Mercury Milan Hybrid and Ford Fusion Hybrid tied for second with an identical environmental score of 7.8. With a sticker price of less than $20,000, the Insight is one of the most affordable hybrids available.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Source: Toyota Motor Company. Regenerative braking is accomplished by allowing a vehicle’s electric motor-generator to spin freely, generating an alternating current which is rectified to direct current to charge the vehicle’s battery pack. Comparison of regenerative/hydraulic (friction) braking ratios under normal braking.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Total Ford Motor Company sales (Ford, Lincoln and Mercury) in 2010 totalled 1.935 million, up 19.4% The milestone makes Ford the best-selling brand in America and the first automotive brand to hit the 2 million mark in the US since 2007. In 2010, Ford brand sales reached 1,756,439 units, up 21.5% versus 2009.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Ford Motor sold 2,282 hybrid units in October 2009, a 14.3% Overall sales of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands increased 2.6% General Motors. General Motors reported a total of 1,159 hybrids sold in October 2009, a 22.5% Reported hybrid sales as a percentage of total new light vehicle sales by automaker, October 2009.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts. By using renewable soy oil as a 25% replacement for petroleum oil, Ford researchers more than doubled rubber’s stretchability and reduced its environmental impact.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

All Ford Motor Company vehicles built in North America use bio-foam content in the seat cushions and backs. Ford and Lear Corporation have introduced a new head restraint foam with 25% of the polyol replaced with soy.

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

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