{"id":251132,"date":"2024-05-16T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/bmw-ev-targets-ford-hybrid-recall-aptera-funding-pivot-todays-car-news\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T21:16:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T21:16:19","slug":"bmw-ev-targets-ford-hybrid-recall-aptera-funding-pivot-todays-car-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/bmw-ev-targets-ford-hybrid-recall-aptera-funding-pivot-todays-car-news\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW EV targets, Ford hybrid recall, Aptera funding pivot: Today\u2019s Car News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Aptera is done with crowdfunding. Ford recalls Maverick Hybrid and Escape Hybrid models for a software issue. And BMW holds to its EV targets as other automakers waver. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BMW is sticking to the EV targets it announced several years ago\u201450% fully electric sales by 2030, not including hybrids or plug-in hybrids. That said, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse wouldn\u2019t set an end date for internal combustion, emphasizing that the company \u201cwill stay flexible\u2014even well into the 2030s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ford is recalling some Maverick and Escape hybrids, as well as some Lincoln Corsair plug-in hybrids, over an issue that could leave these vehicles in limp mode. It\u2019s a software fix but requires a trip to the dealership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Aptera is ending crowdfunding for its three-wheel EV after June, the California firm announced late Wednesday. More funding is still needed to&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143203_bmw-ev-targets-ford-hybrid-recall-aptera-funding-pivot-today-s-car-news\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on www.greencarreports.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aptera is done with crowdfunding. Ford recalls Maverick Hybrid and Escape Hybrid models for a software issue. And BMW holds to its EV targets as other automakers waver. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.\u00a0 BMW is sticking to the EV targets it announced several years ago\u201450% fully electric sales by 2030, not including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":251133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BMW EV targets, Ford hybrid recall, Aptera funding pivot: Today\u2019s Car News - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1143203_bmw-ev-targets-ford-hybrid-recall-aptera-funding-pivot-today-s-car-news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMW EV targets, Ford hybrid recall, Aptera funding pivot: Today\u2019s Car News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Aptera is done with crowdfunding. 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