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Ford puts commercial business at forefront of EV strategy

RUTHERFORD, Calif. — Gasoline-powered vehicles are banned inside Inglenook Winery’s vast Infinity Caves, which can be good for the quality of its most popular varietals but problematic for workers trying to move heavy equipment, like the massive stainless-steel fermenting tanks. Among the estate’s 235 acres of grapevines, employees often lug cumbersome generators to keep saws

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An EV battery may one day help power a building, JuiceBar CEO says

The proliferation of electric vehicles and charging stations in the coming years could alter the relationship between drivers and where they park. Paul Vosper, CEO of EV charger manufacturer JuiceBar, said that as the vehicle charging network becomes more robust, it creates the potential for a new “vehicle-to-building” system, meaning that while an electric vehicle

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Why Ford’s Corktown project may mean more to Michigan’s future than the next battery plant

Ford Motor Co.’s recent bets on the future of the automotive industry it helped define say a lot about where Michigan policymakers should be placing their next economic bets. The automaker credited with putting the world on wheels is investing nearly $1 billion to transform Detroit’s oldest neighborhood into an auto tech hub for 5,000

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GM CEO Mary Barra’s first ride in autonomous vehicle: ‘Surreal’

General Motors CEO Mary Barra says her first ride in a completely driverless car was “nothing short of incredible.” For GM President Mark Reuss, the experience was “mind-blowing.” A video posted Thursday by Cruise, the self-driving vehicle company that’s majority-owned by GM, shows the executives trying out autonomous technology for the first time with no

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GM plans to more than double tech hiring in 2022 to advance EV ambitions

General Motors said on Wednesday it would hire more than 8,000 new technical staff this year, as the U.S. automaker accelerates its development of electric vehicles and software-driven services. The automaker hired about 3,000 tech people in 2021. GM said it is expanding teams that electrify cars, develop vehicle software and autonomous technology and engineer

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Ford E-Transit orders hit 10,000; Walmart among customers

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — Ford Motor Co. has booked 10,000 orders for the 2022 E-Transit electric van from about 300 commercial and government customers, including retail giant Walmart. Ford will soon begin customer deliveries of the electric vehicle, which starts at $44,900 including shipping and comes in eight configurations. The automaker until now had not disclosed

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