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The New Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Isn't Built By The Blue Oval

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Ford wont sell you a 2025 Mustang Shelby GT350, but Shelby will. Shelby offers two primary versions of the car: The street-based GT350, and the track-ready, street-legal GT350R. Shelby offers two primary versions of the car: The street-based GT350, and the track-ready, street-legal GT350R.

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Renovo shows production prototype of Shelby-based electric supercar

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Using a factory-modified Shelby American CSX9000 rolling chassis (“Cobra Daytona Coupe”), Renovo’s eponymous coupe features twin mid-mounted sequential axial-flux motors producing more than 370 kW (500 hp) and 1,000 lb-ft (1,356 N·m) of torque, with a 0-60 mph time of less than 3.4 Renovo Coupe Click to enlarge. Renovo Motors , Inc.

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Magna investing $500M+ to expand in Michigan; two new plants, 1 expansion

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Clair (battery enclosures) and is opening new facilities in Shelby Township (powertrain) and Detroit (seating). A new 200,000 square-foot greenfield powertrain facility in Shelby Township will supply battery tray components for a global automaker’s electric vehicles. The company is expanding its facility in St.

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Tesla Model S Plaid Welcomes Challenge From 1,200-HP Shelby GT500

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Will the souped-up Shelby GT500's horsepower and weight advantage be enough to defeat the Tesla Model S Plaid?

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Ford using autonomous mobile robot to operate 3D printers at Advanced Manufacturing Center

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Ford has used the printer to make low-volume, custom parts, such as a brake line bracket for the Performance Package-equipped Mustang Shelby GT500. Not only does this increase throughput, it reduces the cost of custom-printed products.

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Tesla motor, Shelby Cobra body, Kia battery: watch electric Cobra stun a race crowd

Green Car Reports

In 1962, a 39-year-old Carroll Shelby stuffed a Ford V-8 into an AC Ace to create one of the most sought after performance cars ever made, the AC Cobra. Some 50 years later, a group of engineers from British Columbia, Canada has brought Shelby's idea—small two-seat sports car, very big power—into a new age.

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Shelby Dips Its Toe in EV Waters

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Shelby has introduced a Mach-E GT, a rig that adds carbon fiber body panels and a performance suspension – while leaving the powertrain untouched. Sure, one could argue that Europe is where Shelby's performance was technically gestated when ol’ Carroll plunked a V8 engine in an AC Ace to make the Cobra. We shall see.&

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