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Ford expects to have the first all-electric model designed specifically for European customers roll out of the new Cologne facility in 2023. The announcement comes just weeks after Ford said it would double its investment in electric powertrains and vehicles to $22 billion by 2025. That will include the $1 billion the company will spend on a new EV manufacturing center in Cologne, Germany. “We successfully restructured Ford of Europe. . . CONTINUE

British automaker Jaguar Land Rover said its Jaguar marque will become an all-electric luxury brand starting in 2025. (Late last year, the U.K. announced a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by the year 2030.) “By the middle of the decade, Jaguar will have undergone a renaissance to emerge as a pure electric luxury brand with a dramatically beautiful new portfolio of emotionally engaging designs. . . CONTINUE

George W. Bush: “I am appalled by the reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election and by the lack of respect shown today for our institutions, our traditions, and our law enforcement,” Bush said in a statement. “The violent assault on the Capitol – and disruption of a Constitutionally-mandated meeting of Congress – was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and false hopes.” President. . . CONTINUE

Dec 28, 2020 Japan has announced plans to halt the sale of vehicles relying solely on internal combustion engines after 2035. The move means the Asian nation will join a growing list of countries planning to phase out vehicles powered by gas or diesel, including both the United Kingdom and Norway. A number of other countries, including France and Germany, are considering similar bans. Vehicles with internal combustion engines won’t. . . CONTINUE

12-04-2020 The European Union will aim to have at least 30 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads by 2030 In a strategy due to be published next week, the European Commission will lay out measures to tackle the quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions that come from the transport sector. “The EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 cannot be reached without introducing very ambitious measures to reduce transport’s reliance. . . CONTINUE

Nov. 18 2020 10 years ahead of original plan. The United Kingdom will bar the sale of all new gas and diesel-powered vehicles starting in 2030, the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson moving up an earlier ban by a decade. As part of Britain’s new “green industrial revolution,” the sale of hybrid vehicles also will be outlawed by 2035. The formal decision to shift to zero-emission powertrain technology comes. . . CONTINUE

updated 1-12-2021. Trump: “They had things, levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again,” Republicans have to cheat to win; ES&S machines, voter suppression, DeJoy’s postal hijinks, Russian interference & Trump… The Numbers Behind Mitch McConnell’s Re-Election Don’t Add Up: Mitch McConnell   and   ES&S 12-19-2020 Senator Mitch McConnell’s approval rating was 39% on the eve of. . . CONTINUE