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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. The most powerful F-150 Lightning will have up to 433kW and 1051Nm and be capable of faster acceleration than any petrol-powered F-150 before it.

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Driven: Fiat 500e La Prima EV

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With Fiat planning to launch the 500e in the USA from January next year annual production numbers will continue to rise. Inside Though the 500e is slightly larger all over than the petrol-burning Fiat 500. This means tall occupants will feel they’re sitting uncomfortably high in the Fiat.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." The biggest barrier is the battery."

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

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This is our biggest opportunity for growth and value creation since Henry Ford started to scale the Model T, and we’re grabbing it with both hands." They announced their new cell format called the IonBoost lithium ion. Ion Boost Pro lithium iron phosphate for commercial and long-range vehicles.

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