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ICE Not Dead Yet: The Fat Lady Not Singing - Reuters Reports: Amazon Orders HD Tractors With Cummins CNG Engines

ICE Not Dead Yet: The Fat Lady Not Singing - Reuters Reports: Amazon Orders HD Tractors With Cummins CNG Engines

Amazon.com Inc has ordered hundreds of trucks that run on compressed natural gas as it tests ways to shift its U.S. fleet away from heavier polluting trucks, the company told Reuters on Friday. The coronavirus pandemic caused delivery activity to surge in 2020, with truck volumes exceeding 2019 levels on average while ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Roundup - Week Ending February 6, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Roundup - Week Ending February 6, 2021

The Chicago Car Guy and Executive Producer, with able assistance from senior editor Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau, compile The Auto Channel's ... Continue reading

Hughes Tool Company Receives Patent for Revolutionary Invention That Eliminates EV Battery Limitations

Hughes Tool Company Receives Patent for Revolutionary Invention That Eliminates EV Battery Limitations

This granted Patent and the twenty Independent Claims, with an additional thirty-seven patents pending both domestically and internationally, creates a very powerful Intellectual Patent Portfolio. With this patent, the Hughes Power Generation Platform eliminates all of the range and recharging concerns that have slowed ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Users Who Own Level 2 Chargers Happier Than Owners Of Level 1 Chargers, J.D. Power Finds

Electric Vehicle Users Who Own Level 2 Chargers Happier Than Owners Of Level 1 Chargers, J.D. Power Finds

Overall home charging satisfaction is highest among EV owners who install a Level 2 permanently mounted charging station, with a score of 749 (on a 1,000-point scale), according to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Home Charging Study,SM released today. The study measures EV owners’ sati ... Continue reading

Deal OFF! Hey Mistuh Can You Build Me Cars If I Invest 3.6 Billion Dollars??

Deal OFF! Hey Mistuh Can You Build Me Cars If I Invest 3.6 Billion Dollars??

Apple, who has been Jones'n for a place in the car business for years is putting stockholders' money where the Apple execs mouths are by investing $3.6 billion (4 trillion Korean won) in Kia so they will build Apple cars in Kia's U.S. factory. ... Continue reading

FORD To Showcase Record Breaking Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Explorer at 2007 LA Auto Show - VIDEO ENHANCED - SO WHERE DID IT GO???

FORD To Showcase Record Breaking Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Explorer at 2007 LA Auto Show - VIDEO ENHANCED - SO WHERE DID IT GO???

Los Angeles, Nov. 27, 2006; Ford Motor Company will raise the bar in the hydrogen fuel cell race today at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show when it unveils an all-new fuel cell powered Explorer that can travel 350 miles on a single fill-up, more than any fuel cell vehicle on the road. The six-passenger fuel cell Explorer ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up - Week Ending January 30, 2021

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up - Week Ending January 30, 2021

The Auto Channel "take" on this past week's automotive news, condensed into easy to digest News Nuggets. ... Continue reading

Ford Mustang-E Will Be Built In Both Mexico And In China With Chinese Partner Changan Motors For In-Country Sales

Ford Mustang-E Will Be Built In Both Mexico And In China With Chinese Partner Changan Motors For In-Country Sales

Ford announced this week that Mustang Mach-E, its first global pioneering SUV built on an all-new, all-electric platform, will be manufactured in China by Changan Ford for local customers. ... Continue reading

2021 Volkswagen ID.4 video walk-through

2021 Volkswagen ID.4 video walk-through

Hein Schafer, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing & Strategy for Volkswagen of America, Inc. walks through the all-new electric SUV, inside and out. ... Continue reading

Peugeot e-2008 Wins Argus 2021 Trophy in Electric SUV Category +VIDEO

Peugeot e-2008 Wins Argus 2021 Trophy in Electric SUV Category +VIDEO

For this edition of the Argus 2021 Trophies, the award ceremony took place remotely on a digital TV programme. ... Continue reading

Lordstown Motors Prepares Ohio Factory to Begin Building Betas

Lordstown Motors Prepares Ohio Factory to Begin Building Betas

Endurance, which is anticipated to be the world’s first mass produced full-size all-electric pickup truck, this year. “We are hard at work in the factory preparing to begin Beta builds in the coming weeks,” remarked Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer of Lordstown Motors. ... Continue reading

Faraday Future Goes Wall-Street'n Via NASDAQ Estimated $3.4 Billion Valuation

Faraday Future Goes Wall-Street'n Via NASDAQ Estimated $3.4 Billion Valuation

Faraday Future (FF) is set to become the latest mobility company to list on the stock market in the U.S. The California-based intelligent mobility ecosystem group, and Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. NASDAQ: PSAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have entered into a definitive agreement for a busines ... Continue reading

Watch Out Plug-in EV, Fuel-cell/Battery Hybrids Coming On Fast - 584 Hydrogen Fueling Stations Launched

Watch Out Plug-in EV, Fuel-cell/Battery Hybrids Coming On Fast - 584 Hydrogen Fueling Stations Launched

The hydrogen fueling station market is witnessing a dramatic acceleration in growth, with 584 hydrogen stations deployed by year-end 2020, according to a study released by Information Trends, a market research company. ... Continue reading

Watt Electric Vehicle Company: Creating The Foundation For Future Niche EVs

Watt Electric Vehicle Company: Creating The Foundation For Future Niche EVs

New company from expert automotive development engineer Neil Yates designed to support the niche vehicle industry in the transition to electrification ... Continue reading

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