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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Ford projects utility vehicles will account for 29% of its global sales by the end of the decade. Ford utility vehicles—ranging from the compact EcoSport to the eight-seat Expedition—accounted for 23% of brand sales globally in 2013, up from 17% a year earlier. Both Edge and EcoSport are new entries for Ford in Europe.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Ford Motor Company has added its near-dry machining process—Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)—to six plants globally, a number that will nearly double in the next few years. For a typical production line, MQL can save more than 280,000 gallons (1 million liters) of water per year, Ford says. Left: Wet flood machining.

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JULY 12, 2023

of Ford’s hourly paintings pressure; they’re lately best 3 p.c. Ford is thought to have a considerably decrease proportion of brief staff than GM or Stellantis. Ford enters its negotiations with the UAW, which officially start Friday, taking a look to manufacture on the ones process and funding constancy.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

was incorporated in 2008. Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., MINO’s main product lines include Body In White (BIW) automatic welding lines, powertrain and new energy manufacturing equipment, electrical automation and robotics application integration and services.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Ford is investing $1.3-billion billion in its Hermosillo (Mexico) Stamping and Assembly Plant for the production of Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ lineups. —Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas. Ford’s latest investment is in addition to $3 billion invested in Mexico during the past decade.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2014

The new 2015 Ford F-150 ( earlier post ) 4x2 with Ford’s 2.7-liter Ford offers new F-150 customers four engine choices: the available 2.7-liter Ford has 2 million EcoBoost engines on the road in cars, utilities and trucks to date. To date, Ford has sold 600,000 F-150 trucks equipped with 3.5-liter

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

JATO Dynamics recently analysed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CO 2 data for 2008-2009, summarizing volume-weighted average CO 2 by make, model and segment. Under this methodology, JATO has identified an overall CO 2 improvement of 2.8%, across all US cars and trucks, within the period 2008-2009. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. For the past decade, Ford has made it a priority to conserve water.

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MARCH 28, 2009

Peugeot led the European market in 2008 in the sectors for sub-121 g/km and 131 g/km vehicles, with sales of 315,805 (15.5%) and 441,385 (13.7%) units respectively—more than any other marque in the lowest CO 2 categories. 2008 European Sales. 2008 European Sales. <121 <121 gCO 2 /km. <131 <131 gCO 2 /m. Volume. %.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ford and Lear Corporation have introduced a new head restraint foam with 25% of the polyol replaced with soy. Seventy-five percent of Ford’s North American vehicles feature bio-foam in the head restraints, including the Ford F-150, Taurus, Explorer and Fusion. —Debbie Mielewski, technical leader, Ford Plastics Research.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Prabhakar Patil, former CEO, LG Chem Power, and Chief Engineer of Hybrid Technologies, Ford Motor Company. Prior to joining LGCPI in 2005, Dr. Patil spent 27 years of his professional career at Ford Motor Company in various engineering and management positions. Dr. Patil previously served as CEO of LG Chem Power (LGCPI) for 10 years.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

Ford has issued its third annual trends report, a compilation of consumer research and insights from thought leaders around the world, which is intended to provide a look at micro-trends expected to influence products and brands for 2015 and beyond. —Sheryl Connelly, Ford global consumer trend and futuring manager.

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JULY 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts. By using renewable soy oil as a 25% replacement for petroleum oil, Ford researchers more than doubled rubber’s stretchability and reduced its environmental impact.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. —Barb Samardzich, vice president, Product Development, Ford of Europe. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 5, 2015

Ford Motor Company sales rose 5% in total US sales in April with 222,498 vehicles sold. Ford brand SUVs had a record-setting month—the company’s best April ever—with sales of 62,730 vehicles. Lincoln retail sales increased 25%, providing Lincoln with its best April retail results since 2008.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Ford will bring the all-new Ford Transit commercial van to market with an option for an all-new diesel engine as well as the 3.5L Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. in 2008 to 53.7% EcoBoost V6.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Ford and BASF have teamed up to develop a sustainable, plant-sourced castor oil-based foam product for the 2012 Ford Focus instrument panel. Employing more than 10% renewable content, the resulting foam product passes all Ford performance requirements for interior components. .

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JUNE 30, 2023

Maul stayed on with AutoNation and was once that auto store’s west area president till 2008. The post Lithia unloads Toyota, Ford and Bentley-Lotus dealerships appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Maul, a age chairman of the Colorado Car Sellers Affiliation, labored for Chesrown Staff within the Nineteen Nineties.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Ford EcoMode is a software application available on the new Ford Focus that rates driver behavior impacting fuel economy and then offers up simple hints on how to improve eco-driving skills through a scoring system. In recent internal tests, Ford found that eco-driving skills can improve fuel economy by an average of 24%.

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JULY 12, 2011

Ford and Recycled Polymeric Materials (RPM) are working together to produce more environmentally friendly seals and gaskets by combining recycled tires with bio-renewable content. The seals also offer a weight savings, with more than 1,675 tons of weight removed from Ford vehicles on the road. In total, more than 2.2

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APRIL 22, 2024

Working as a wise and respected judge for the 24 Hours of Lemons Supreme Court since 2008, I've seen plenty of Mystery Machine-themed race cars, including some genuine vans. Ford and GM stuck with their B-Series competitors for similar spans.

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JUNE 2, 2011

Ford is adding a 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost three-cylinder engine—the first three-cylinder engine Ford has built for a regular production car—and an new eight-speed automatic transmission to its line-up. ” —Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. Ford US small car sales.

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JULY 29, 2010

Currently (2010), electrified products (only hybrids at this point) represent 1% of Ford’s global fleet. Ford anticipates that hybrids will represent about 70% of the 2020 numbers, with plug-in hybrids contributing 20-25% and battery-electric vehicles the remainder, she said. Nancy Gioia. With 12 different top hats (e.g.,

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JANUARY 8, 2010

Ford will introduce nine new or upgraded engines and six new transmissions in North America this year as part of a five-year effort to overhaul its entire global powertrain portfolio. One of the advanced and fuel-efficient North American powertrains will be the 2012 Ford Focus’ all-new normally aspirated 2.0-liter Earlier post.)

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MARCH 22, 2009

and Altech-Eco have signed an exclusive agreement to bring EPA-certified dedicated and bi-fuel (gasoline/compressed natural gas) retrofitted Ford Focus vehicles (MY 2008 and 2009) to Florida consumers. The bi-fuel CNG Ford Focus has the ability to run on CNG or gasoline and comes with a manufacturer-rated CNG cylinder of 9.1

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AUGUST 20, 2011

Ford is offering two additional, more fuel efficient, powertrain options for the Focus in Europe: the Ford PowerShift automatic with dual dry-clutch technology, and the Flexifuel derivative capable of utilizing E85 fuel. New Ford Focus models with the 125PS (123 hp, 92 kW) 1.6-liter The Ford Focus 1.6 Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

The company’s list highlights cars that it feels are set to grow in value over the next few years, with some exotics and classics and a growing number of “Rad Era” cars every year.

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MAY 17, 2023

Ford is scaling back in China. Yet, at the same time, General Motors' Buick brand survived the brand purges in 2008-2009 in part because of its success in China. So, what is the best way for non-Chinese makes to succeed in that market? The question is pretty self-explanatory and I don't really need much more preamble.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

EPA began collecting industry-wide footprint data in MY 2008. The average footprint within each of the five vehicle types has been relatively stable between MY 2008 and MY 2016. The overall new vehicle average footprint has also been stable between MY 2008 and MY 2016. The average footprint for pickup trucks increased 1.5

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MARCH 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company officially launched the new Ford Fiesta into the China market on the southern resort island of Hainan. The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing.

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JUNE 30, 2011

It was the first hybrid sport utility in the world, launched with great fanfare by Ford in 2004, and for 2011, the Escape Hybrid is still going strong--and still selling steadily. The current design dates back to a 2008 freshening of a basic vehicle first launched way back in 1999.

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JULY 12, 2010

The UK Government is providing a £360 million (US$541 million) loan guarantee for Ford’s £450 million (US$677 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Ford is investing £1.5 Currently 25% of all Ford engines worldwide and more than 50% of all Ford diesel engines are made in the UK. billion (US$2.26

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JUNE 24, 2010

The 2011 Ford Explorer will feature soy foam in seat cushions and seatbacks. The bio-based polyurethane foam will be one of the new features in the new Ford Explorer—which will also deliver fuel economy at least 25% better than the current model—which goes in to production later this year. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Australia’s GoAuto notes that the new Ford Fiesta Econetic diesel ( earlier post ), with fuel consumption of 3.7 More specifically, according to the Australian government’s GreenVehicleGuide : Ford Fiesta Econetic and Toyota Prius. L/100km (63.6 L/100km (60 mpg US) under the same test cycle. Urban Extra. Elec/Gasol. Fiesta Econetic.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Poole, UK-based Continental Landscapes has contracted for four battery-electric Ford Transit-based light commercial vehicles from Carillon Fleet Management: two 4.6-tonne tonne Ford Transit beaver tail and two 3.5-tonne The Ford Transit vans have been specially adapted by UK specialists Smith Electric Vehicles. tonne tippers.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unionized Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, and General Motors employees from Spring Hill, Tennessee, have voted no on the contract agreement reached by the United Auto Workers. & On Monday, production workers at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant voted against the tentative agreement.

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APRIL 2, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Ford received the award for the fourth consecutive year based on the company’s actions to reduce the amount of energy used to manufacture vehicles and support its US operations.

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