Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Our industry is at the intersection of three critical global issues—the economy, energy and the environment. Going forward, Ford plans to bring the following electrified vehicles to market over the next three years: Ford Transit Connect battery electric vehicle commercial van in 2010. Bill Ford.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

Electric vehicles are an important element of our strategy for improving fuel economy and reducing CO 2 emissions. This vehicle-to-grid communication technology is an important step in the journey toward the widespread commercialization of electric vehicles. Bill Ford, Ford’s executive chairman.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

Chrysler’s Ram brand introduced the 2015 Ram ProMaster City commercial van. As a comparison, the 2015 Ford Transit Connect small van, when equipped with the 1.6-liter The Transit equipped with the 2.5L The ProMaster City is the first commercial van ever to feature a nine-speed automatic., 2015 Ram ProMaster City.

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Green Cars News

JULY 10, 2013

The fixation on fuel economy is not just affecting cars, but also vans too, as commercial vehicle drivers demand ever more from their work horses. And in response, Ford is launching its new Transit Connect van-with a staggering improvement of more than a third (34 per cent) in fuel economy[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2010

These electric-drive vehicles are essential to improving energy efficiency, energy security and air quality, and for growing jobs for the economy. The Power Authority is a leader in helping to introduce electric and hybrid-electric vehicles in the New York Metropolitan Area and other parts of the state.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford is focusing its EV plan on its areas of strength—electrifying its most popular, high-volume commercial vehicles, trucks, SUVs and performance vehicles to make them even more capable, productive and fun to drive. A high-volume autonomous vehicle designed for commercial ride hailing or ride sharing, starting in North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals. The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Fuel efficiency was not used as a specific criterion for evaluation; estimated 2014 MY EPA combined label fuel economy is 25 mpg US (9.4 We are therefore encouraged by the City’s assurance that its Taxi of Tomorrow selection—the Nissan NV200—will be a commercial-grade, purpose-built taxicab that will meet MTBOT’s high standards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

We've taken the approach that the vehicle can be a global platform&madsh;and you can really enjoy some economies of scale from that—and then you can take these powerpacks and react to local market conditions, and put those powerpacks in as appropriate as the markets develop. Both of these are C-platform applications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2014

Although studies have acknowledged organizations to be major adopters during EV market introduction, research identifying factors that influence fleet manager purchase decisions was either conducted before the recent broad commercialization or was not based on empirical data. —Sierzchula (2014).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Over time, the new platform will be the basis for more than 2 million units annually around the world, including Focus and other derivatives, allowing Ford to leverage economies of scale to improve investment efficiency. It is about fuel economy and the electrification of vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Ford is showcasing the latest Transit and Transit Custom line-up powered by the Ford EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) at 2016 IAA Hannover Commercial Vehicle Show. Two years on from completing the renewal of its Transit line-up at Hannover 2014, Ford is Europe’s fastest-growing commercial vehicle brand.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

Here is an outline of its plans through to the 2012 model year: Introduction of electric and hybrid vehicles: Ford hopes to introduce an electric Transit Connect Commercial Van in 2010; along with an electric Focus in 2011 and the next generation of full hybrid models by 2012. So how does Ford plan to make itself green?

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Over time, the new platform will be the basis for more than 2 million units annually around the world, including Focus and other derivatives, allowing Ford to leverage economies of scale to improve investment efficiency. The new Focus is being developed in Europe - where Ford is a leader in small cars - off a new global C-car platform.

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