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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

Ford announced its E-Transit only in November 2020, and deliveries started in February 2022. Production of those vans was halted in September 2023 as GM struggled to get its higher-volume Ultium-based passenger vehicles into production, but resumed in April. GM’s BrightDrop vans are assembled in Ingersoll, Canada.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Ford announced its E-Transit only in November 2020, and deliveries started in February 2022. Production of those vans was halted in September 2023 as GM struggled to get its higher-volume Ultium-based passenger vehicles into production, but resumed in April. GM’s BrightDrop vans are assembled in Ingersoll, Canada.

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BMW’s hybrid motor design seeks to deliver high efficiency and power density with lower rare earth use

Green Car Congress

The 50 kg electric motor powering the BMW i3 generates a maximum output of 125 kW for a specific power (SP) of 2.5 The motor offers linear power delivery extending into high rev ranges, with maximum revs of 11,400 rpm. The result is a steep increase in the production costs. Background.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

Green Car Congress

Combining Volvo’s new design language, advanced safety and in-car connectivity technologies, and the new strategic Drive-E powertrains, the XC90 is the first product based on Volvo’s new strategic Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). In 1999, Ford acquired Volvo as part of its Premier Auto Group. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

In particular, we often see production delays and reduced volumes from what the market was initially led to believe and what may often be well below actual consumer demand. The 15 years in the future 2035 aspiration to stop selling gas- and diesel-powered vehicles is clearly a long way off and a lot can change in that timeframe.

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What happened to Jim Cramer’s love affair with Tesla and Elon Musk?

Teslarati

” Instead, Cramer told car buyers to look at the all-electric F-150 Lightning from Ford, the automaker’s battery-powered version of the United States’ best-selling pickup truck. The most popular vehicle in the United States is the Ford F-Series, which sold 787,372 units in 2020, according to GoodCarBadCar.

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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

Clean Fleet Report

However, it’s worth noting that battery-powered vehicles have been around for more than a century. For comparison, today only one percent of our current national fleet consists of electric vehicles. Henry Ford, in spite of his interest in building an electric car that prefigured the later, successful Model T.