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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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Aventura-X review: Classic Vespa vibes in a modern electric scooter

Baua Electric

Aventura-X probably walks a fine line as it is, conjuring up old-timey Vespa vibes while maintaining just enough differentiation to avoid legal issues. It’s also roughly in the shape of a water bottle. When I spent a year in Boston back in 2018, I actually could legally ride my 30 mph electric moped (a Genze 2.0, liters or so.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I We were thinking of organizing a group on our own, but then we realized there was no reason to reinvent the wheel, that we’d be better off with the Electric Auto Association.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

The battery pack in Bright’s car, conceivably, could be made 40 percent smaller than the batteries in similar plug-ins, according to CEO John Waters. To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry. But it does have experience on its side.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. We’ve got one of the big German auto OEMs we’ve been integrated with, but we can’t announce it yet. And we’re like, “Yeah, that’s the point.”