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MARCH 9, 2015

Ford announced the official production start of the new twin-scroll 2.0-liter liter EcoBoost engine is available in the all-new Ford Edge, launching in first quarter of 2015. liter EcoBoost engine is available in the all-new Ford Edge, launching in first quarter of 2015. liter EcoBoost engine for Ford of Europe-built vehicles.

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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. 2009 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Awards. In 2008, Ford improved energy efficiency in the US by 5% resulting in savings of approximately $16 million.

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MAY 17, 2012

The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). million of research sponsored by the auto and oil industries, and $40 million of testing sponsored by the federal government.

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MAY 29, 2009

Application of PTWA Coating to Ford ZETEC 1.4 The Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation is awarding the inventors of the Ford-patented Plasma Transferred Wire Arc (PTWA) technology used to apply coatings on engine cylinder bores the 2009 National Inventor of the Year Award. Liter VCT Engine. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

Ford, through the use of REPREVE , a recycled polyester yarn made by Unifi, plans to divert about 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles for use in the new Focus Electric and other new vehicles for the next model year. —Carol Kordich, lead designer of Sustainable Materials for Ford.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Ford is introducing a seven-passenger people mover expected to break the 30 mpg-plus highway barrier. The all-new Transit Connect Wagon builds on the foundation of the current Transit Connect compact van, introduced in North America in 2009. The Transit Connect Wagon offers customers a choice between two four-cylinder engines: a 2.5-liter

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JULY 5, 2010

Ford Motor Company has delivered its best ever first-half new vehicle sales of 301,524 units in China during the first six months of 2010, representing 53% compared to sales figures from January to June 2009. Ford passenger car sales surged 46% to 151,779 units. Ford Motor China 1H sales, excluding Volvo, are 285,991 units.

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Green Car Congress

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. EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.) in 2008 to 53.7%

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Steel can easily deliver the weight savings required to meet federally mandated fuel economy targets for most vehicles, according to a new 300-page analysis by the steel-industry information service World Steel Dynamics : “AutoBody Warfare: Aluminum Attack.” Earlier post.). —“AutoBody Warfare”.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The new Ford Escape will offer two different EcoBoost engines: a 2.0-liter EcoBoost has become a popular choice among customers since the EcoBoost V6 was introduced in 2009 in the Ford Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKS. By 2013, more than 90% of Ford’s North American lineup will be available with EcoBoost technology.

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JUNE 16, 2012

Ford has reduced the amount of energy required to produce each vehicle in its manufacturing facilities by 22% in the last six years. At the same plant, a new 500-kilowatt solar panel system has been installed to generate renewable energy for production of Ford vehicles like Focus and Focus Electric.

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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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AUGUST 26, 2010

Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company’s joint venture, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co. AAT), will invest US$350 million in its pickup truck plant to support the production of Mazda and Ford’s next generation pickup trucks. AAT successfully exports Ford and Mazda pickup trucks to more than 130 markets around the world.

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JULY 27, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation has entered an agreement with Ford Motor Company whereby Azure will integrate its proprietary plug-in hybrid (PHEV) technology into the Ford F-Series Super Duty product line. The Ford F-Series Super Duty has a more than 50% share in the North American market.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Ford is opening 66 new dealerships in China by the end of the year. Ford will have added 100 new dealerships in China in 2010, bringing its total number of outlets here to 340. It’s all about growth—for Ford, for our partners and most importantly, growth for our customers.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Ford’s sustainable materials strategy. Ford is increasing the use of renewable and recyclable materials such as the soy and bio-based seat cushions and seatbacks on the 2010 Ford Taurus. Ford vehicles are now 85% recyclable by weight. In 2009, Ford saved approximately $4.5 liter V-6 2010 Ford Escape.

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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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AUGUST 15, 2009

Prior to his current position, Tinskey led Ford’s product planning and product management activities for hybrids and for developing and implementing the electric vehicle strategy announced last January ( earlier post ). But if we could get movement to migrating to some commonality, overall that would be a huge win for the industry.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Ford Motor Company has awarded Toshiba a major contract to supply electric drive motors for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Toshiba International Corporation (TIC), a Houston-based Toshiba Group company, manufactures and markets motors and industrial equipment, and is the base for this expansion program.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Ford Motor Company will invest an additional $450 million in its electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build its next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle vehicles in Michigan beginning in 2012. Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford made the announcement at the end of the first day of the media preview of the Detroit Auto Show.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Participating members aligned with “The Automotive Industry Guiding Principles to Enhance Sustainability Performance in the Supply Chain” include BMW Group; Chrysler Group LLC.; Ford; GM; Honda; Jaguar/Land Rover; PSA Peugeot Citroen; Scania; Toyota; Volkswagen; Volvo Cars; and Volvo Group. Daimler; Fiat S.p.A.;

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

However you break it down, the Fremont Factory’s manufacturing prowess showed its domination in 2021, as it was the most productive automotive factory in the United States in 2021, outpacing Toyota, BMW, and Ford factories that have long created the most robust figures of car production in previous decades.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

This reporter recalls a presentation from the long-vanished British firm Modec, a startup making light delivery vans, which said even back in 2009 that fleet managers would see a lifetime payback on what were then very expensive BEV cargo vans. Ford announced its E-Transit only in November 2020, and deliveries started in February 2022.

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JANUARY 24, 2010

The combined capacity of the 10 largest players Chinese automakers is expected to jump from around 12 million units in 2009 to 21 million or so in 2012. SAIC plans a 30% increase over 2009 capacity by 2012. plans to build a new plant to be jointly operated with Ford. In 2009, new car sales in China surged 46% to 13.64

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. Ford and Azure. The vehicle will be badged with both the Ford Blue Oval and Azure’s Force Drive logo. Battery electric Ford Focus passenger car in 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The auto industry in principle is not opposed to the introduction of such mid-level blends (i.e., The industry also has suggested that rather than make incremental changes to the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline to increase ethanol consumption, a better investment would be to expand the E85 infrastructure. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

All-new, 7-seat Ford C-MAX. Ford will launch the all-new, 7-seat C-MAX, introduced this past week at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in North America in late 2011 as a “whitespace” vehicle. The all-new, next-generation Ford Focus sedan and five-door hatchback models are scheduled to launch late in calendar year 2010 in the United States.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

An analysis of the global automobile industry’s recent patent activity by the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has found a massive commitment from carmakers and their suppliers to new propulsion technology. Top automotive patent assignees from publication year 2009 to 2013 based on number of individual inventions.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, pointed to the “ key role ” government policies such as fuel standards and greenhouse gas emission regulations, play in the development and support of Ford’s product and technology pathways. Ford received a $62.7 Adapted from ICCT.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

This reporter recalls a presentation from the long-vanished British firm Modec, a startup making light delivery vans, which said even back in 2009 that fleet managers would see a lifetime payback on what were then very expensive BEV cargo vans. Ford announced its E-Transit only in November 2020, and deliveries started in February 2022.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The UAW is now targeting automaker’s most-profitable facilities, with Tuesday’s walkout suggesting that the industrial game of chicken could be nearing its final act. Vehicle affordability is at an all-time low while the industry seems to have been thriving due to MSRPs being at an all-time high.

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MAY 5, 2010

Mountune Racing, a part of the Performance Engineering division of Revolve Technologies, captured the first British Touring Championship win for an ultra low emissions LPG powered engine in the Mountune Racing powered Team Aon Ford Focus ST. The win also marked Ford’s return to the BTCC podium’s top step for the first time in nearly a decade.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The survey shows continued growth in automaker’s overall use of aluminum reaching a high of 343 lbs (156 kg) per vehicle in 2012—up 5% from 327 lbs (148 kg) in 2009. The survey also estimates automakers will increase their use of aluminum to 550 pounds (249 kg) in 2025. Aluminum usage has increased every year for nearly 40 years.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

GM CEO Mary Barra, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, Chairman John Elkann, and Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. electric vehicle manufacturing industry” in 2022. The Biden speech will focus on “trends” in electric vehicles, including the fact that battery prices have fallen by more than 90 percent since 2009.

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JULY 31, 2009

Ford researchers at Ford’s European Research Centre in Aachen, Germany are investigating an innovative, new wood-plastic compound (WPC—also known as liquid wood. The new material is being assessed in a three-year project which started in May 2009. The new liquid wood material is derived from a rubber compounding process.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

The new car market in the UK continued to decline sharply at the start of 2009, with volumes down by 30.9% in 2009 to 1.72 The new Ford Fiesta was the top selling model for a third successive month in January. to 112,087 units, according to figures from the UK’s SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders). million units.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 7, 2010

The last year was not the easiest for the car industry, figures out today show that car sales were down 6.4 Tags: Ford Green credentials 2009 Fiesta figures focus registrations Sales scrappage smmt. per cent to for the year compared to 2008, selling just under two million cars in the UK.

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