Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Ford Motor Company is extending its global electric vehicles plan to Europe with five full electric or hybrid vehicles across its C, CD and light commercial vehicle ranges to be introduced in that market by 2013. Focus Electric will be introduced in the US and Canada in 2011, followed by Europe in 2012. Prototype Trials in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

Ford Motor Company is leveraging the Internet and wireless technology to accelerate testing and refinement of the advanced lithium-ion battery systems that will power its upcoming plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

Ford will introduce its first pure battery electric vehicle, the Transit Connect Electric small commercial van, this year. In 2011, Ford will deliver the Focus Electric passenger car to market, and in 2012, will introduce new next generation lithium ion battery powered hybrids and a plug-in hybrid in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

Ford engineers in Dearborn, Michigan will design the Li-ion battery packs while engineers in Livonia, Michigan will design and engineer an electric, front-wheel-drive, continuously variable transaxle (the HF35) to supply its next-generation hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles in North America.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. Production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s rollout of electrified vehicles began in December 2010 with the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric—a small commercial van built in collaboration with Azure Dynamics. Earlier post.). When C-MAX Hybrid launches, Ford becomes North America’s largest maker of hybrid transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Ford engineers are already at work developing three distinct types of electrified vehicles: hybrids, plug-in hybrids and pure battery electric vehicles. The vehicles include: Transit Connect battery electric commercial van in 2010. Focus battery electric passenger car in 2011. Plug-in hybrid in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

For the mid-term (2011-2020), Ford will increase its use of hybrid technology, and introduce plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEV) on the market. Where the markets develop, we can react very quickly and introduced a BEV, or plug-in, or diesel, or EcoBoost fairly rapidly. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Southern California Edison (SCE) has become the newest addition to the Ford Transit Connect Electric LEAD customer program with a 20 unit order. SCE will take delivery of one of the limited supply of Ford Transit Connect Electric vans to be produced in late 2010 and will receive its remaining 19 vans in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

The new Focus will begin rolling off the line next year and the battery-electric version of the Focus—Ford’s first all-electric passenger car—debuts in 2011. Assembly, which will be converted to produce small vehicles from Ford’s global Focus platform beginning in 2011.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

The new Focus will begin rolling off the line next year and the battery-electric version of the Focus - Ford’s first all-electric passenger car - debuts in 2011. Ford’s product plans also include a next-generation hybrid vehicle in 2012 and a plug-in hybrid vehicle in 2012.

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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.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2009

One of the hurdles in the race to develop automotive Li-ion battery systems for high volume hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle programs is improving the technology’s durability. Ford will use Li-ion battery systems to power: a pure battery electric (BEV) Transit Connect commercial van in 2010.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

Home to an engineering team of almost 3,000 vehicle specialists, Dunton Technical Centre is responsible for developing powertrains for all Ford vehicles in Europe, as well as every part of the company’s commercial vehicle range. Smith will also offer the Transit Connect van for sale in Europe as the Smith Ampere from 2010.

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