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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Nine of the larger manufacturers (Audi AG, BMW AG, Automobiles Citroën, Fiat group, Ford-Werke, Adam Opel, Automobiles Peugeot, Seat, Toyota Motor Europe, and Volvo Car) were already compliant with 2015 targets in 2012. grams of CO 2 per kilometer—close to the 130 g target for the average new car sold in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Ford will upgrade its entire powertrain portfolio in China by bringing 20 advanced engines and transmissions to support its planned introduction of 15 new vehicles to China—the world’s largest auto market—by 2015. Ford also announced that it will produce its new 1.0-liter Ford launched the 2.0L

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MAY 28, 2014

Ford Motor Company is offering its patented inflatable safety belt technology to other companies and industries, including competitive automotive manufacturers. Ford introduced the first production automobile rear inflatable safety belts in 2010, and continues to expand availability on Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Ford sales in China are up 7% for the first 11 month of this year. From January to November 2011, Ford China sold 470,152 wholesale vehicles compared to 438,636 vehicles last year. CFMA sold 29,568 Ford-brand wholesale vehicles in November, up 1% compared to 29,321 last year.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Ford Motor Company’s commercial vehicle investment in China will expand into the heavy truck business through a major acquisition: Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC)—in which Ford holds a 30% stake—will buy a 100% stake in Taiyuan Changan Heavy Truck Company. —Dave Schoch, chairman and CEO, Ford Motor China.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

million vehicles in 2015 to 3.9 between 2015 and 2025. In Europe, Volkswagen is challenging longtime LD NGV leader Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). In its new Natural Gas Vehicles report, Navigant Research forecasts that global annual NGV sales—light-, medium- and heavy-duty—will grow 62.5% million in 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Ford Motor Company and Alcoa Inc. Ford will use Alcoa’s Micromill material ( earlier post ) in multiple components on the 2016 F-150, becoming the first automaker to use the advanced automotive aluminum commercially. It is projected Ford’s use of Micromill material on its vehicles will more than double from 2016 to 2017.

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APRIL 6, 2012

Ford and its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA) will invest approximately US$600 million to expand capacity in Chongqing by 350,000 passenger vehicles, raising total capacity in China to 950,000 vehicles annually. The new investment will increase Ford’s total investment in China to approximately US$4.1

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JUNE 21, 2011

The Ford Motor Company has selected Toshiba Corporation to supply automotive inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Ford plans to start mass production of new models of both kinds of vehicle in 2012. The automotive inverters will be supplied to Ford with the motors as a set.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Leading vehicle manufacturers in fuel cell technology—Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation/Opel, Honda Motor Co., Leading vehicle manufacturers in fuel cell technology—Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation/Opel, Honda Motor Co.,

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JUNE 16, 2011

Ford Motor Company’s passenger car joint venture in China, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA), broke ground for a new engine plant in Chongqing. These engines will equip Ford-brand vehicles manufactured and sold in the country. JMC produces the Ford Transit, a leader in China’s light bus segment.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Ford Motor Company and Changan Automobile Group broke ground today on a new US$350-million transmission plant in Chongqing, at their joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automotive (CFMA), bringing Ford and its partner’s total investment in China to US$3.5 —Joe Hinrichs, president of Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Ford Developer Program. Currently, the three main categories of AppLink-enabled apps include: News and Information.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Available in Ford Fiesta and the upcoming 2015 Focus, the 1.0L liter EcoBoost also was awarded the International Paul Pietsch Award 2013 for technological innovation in Germany; the Dewar Trophy from Royal Automobile Club in Great Britain; and the Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics in the United States. liter EcoBoost.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is approving the use of E15 (15% ethanol and 85% gasoline) in its model year (MY) 2016 Chrysler/Fiat, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles. More than 12% of the vehicles sold so far in the United States in 2015 have been FCA vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Now that the 2015 model year is fully upon us, the decade is half-over. In the case of automobiles, we see three different vehicles launched over the last five model years that have radically changed the landscape. And those kinds of milestones always lead writers to look back and assess how far we''ve come.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Ford did write the software that did the analysis of the sensor data. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. Michalek (2015) “Will subsidies drive electric vehicle adoption? 2015.01.002.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

Mercedes-Benz confirmed a smattering of automobiles each electrical and now not. It additionally unveiled its untouched Mercedes-AMG GT, the successor to the robust and swish coupe it first began making in 2015—now with non-compulsory 4 seats. The automobile can run 0-60 mph in 3.6 marketplace in restricted numbers.

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MAY 30, 2020

Two months after taking office as the new CEO at Audi, Markus Duesmann is establishing a unit for the accelerated development of additional automobile models. At Ford/Cosworth, he was the youngest chief development engineer in Formula 1. Hitzinger started his automotive career as a development engineer at Toyota Motorsport.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Currently, Europe has a 2015 CO 2 limit of 130 g/km. Nine of the larger manufacturers (Audi AG, BMW AG, Automobiles Citroën, Fiat group, Ford-Werke, Adam Opel, Automobiles Peugeot, Seat, Toyota Motor Europe, and Volvo Car) were already compliant with 2015 targets in 2012. Earlier post.). Emissions Europe Policy'

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The transaction will result in a combined equity value of $351 million based on the closing trading prices for the shares of both companies on 31 August 2015 and combined annual revenues ranging from $380 to $405 million projected for 2015. Daimler AG, Weichai, Cummins, Ford, Volvo AB.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

At present, the world attaches great importance to charging piles and the automobile market. In 2015, the number of public charging piles in China was less than 50,000. At present, car companies such as Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, Ford and Hyundai have established more than 300 charging stations in Europe.

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MAY 25, 2023

.” Because the creation of the ARC investigation in 2015, automakers — together with BMW, Ford and Volkswagen — have initiated 8 remembers to deal with doable protection defects with ARC airbag inflators. The inflators were worn in automobiles made via no less than 12 automakers.

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MAY 20, 2015

Malloy announced the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate Program (CHEAPR). Vehicles in this category include the Nissan Leaf, VW e-Golf, Ford Focus Electric, BMW i3, and Mercedes Benz B class. Vehicles in this category include the Chevy Volt, Ford C-Max Energi and Fusion Energi.

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JULY 10, 2023

Razick, 46, was once a spouse in Hyundai of Yuma and Kia of Yuma, each in southwest Arizona, and sole proprietor of Fullerton Ford Orange County, in southern California, which he purchased in August 2021. In 2016, Automobile Information known Razick as a 40 Underneath 40 honoree. There have been disagree survivors.

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JULY 10, 2024

Meanwhile, prices for new and used EVs alike are falling, and automakers such as Ford are scaling back their EV expansion plans in the middle of a price war for battery-electric cars and trucks. In 2015, Bloomberg News reported that no other US business had declined as much in the preceding 15 years as one-hour photo labs.

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APRIL 5, 2012

In the US, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. —Christof Kellerwessel, chief engineer, Electronic and Electrical Systems Engineering, Ford of Europe. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Aluminum companies are in an “ ebullient mood ”, WSD says, due in part to the aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150 ( earlier post ) and an Aluminum Association report, authored by the Ducker Worldwide consulting group, forecasting that by 2025 three-in-four pickup trucks will have an all-aluminum body. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The report, which analyzes global patent activity in the field of self-driving automobiles over the last five years, identifies the global leaders in the development of the technologies and also makes predictions about the future of driverless cars. Google ranks 19 th in the world in this area, followed by Ford at number 20.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The launch of fuel cell powered production vehicles on the German market has been announced by first manufacturers for 2015. Accordingly the planned H2 Mobility joint venture will work closely together with the automobile industry.

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JULY 18, 2023

From 2018 to 2021 there were 155,136 fatalities, compared with 147,599 from 2015 to 2018. The IIHS faulted Dodge, Ford, and Chevrolet for marketing their vehicles in a manner that encourages aggressive driving. The overall shape of an automobile remains relevant. The rise is consistent with a larger number of U.S.

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JUNE 9, 2016

The US DRIVE Cradle-to-Grave Working Group has published the “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of US Light-Duty Vehicle-Fuel Pathways: A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Assessment of Current (2015) and Future (2025–2030) Technologies” Argonne National Lab Report. C2G GHG emissions of various vehicle-fuel pathways. Verduzco, T.J.

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JULY 8, 2015

New car types already comply with Euro 6, and from 1 September 2015 all new cars sold will have to meet this standard. The associations pointed out that political measures restricting the rollout of the new generation of diesel technology would undermine existing efforts to cut CO 2 emissions. —from the joint letter.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Ford taps Apple for Chief Brand Officer. Ford has hired Musa Tariq as vice president and chief brand officer as part of its expansion to an auto and a mobility company. Tariq, elected a Ford Motor Company officer, begins work 30 January. —Gary Silberg, KPMG’s Automotive Sector Leader. —KPMG survey.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

User access to this data proves difficult when they are locked in closed networks controlled by automobile manufacturers. In 2013 and 2015, two security experts remotely hacked into a 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and a Toyota Prius and Ford Escape, respectively, demonstrating the security flaws in vehicles that were not autonomous.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

The researchers discovered the residual effects of mental distraction while comparing new hands-free technologies in ten 2015 vehicles and three types of smartphones. The other study examined voice-dialing, voice-contact calling and music selection using in-vehicle information or “infotainment” systems in 10 model-year 2015 vehicles.

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