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Spider9 , a cleantech company launched in 2011 at the University of Michigan, has finalized the license agreement for patented dynamic control systems and plans to launch its first commercial integration at the historic Henry Ford Valve Plant, known as the Water Wheel Center, in Northville, Michigan.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Ford is focused on lightweighting as a key enabling technology for lowering fuel consumption in combustion-engined vehicles (ICE) and for extending the range—and the size—of battery electric vehicles (EVs). At a media dinner with other Ford executives, including Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr.;

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The next-generation Ford Focus 5-door hatchback, revealed at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. Ford unveiled its strategically important next-generation Ford Focus in both four-door sedan and five-door hatchback styles at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Ford revealed further details of the upcoming four-cylinder versions of its turbocharged, gasoline direct-injected EcoBoost engine family (earlier post) at the Frankfurt Motor Show, prior to their first European production applications in 2010. all-new Ford C-MAX (shown at Frankfurt) and 2.0-liter Ford has confirmed that its new 2.0-liter

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That preference is consistent with a similar survey conducted five years ago, despite falling gas prices, which are down more than 37% from the national average in 2011. This is up 14% from 2011. The next big technology in the US is start-stop, with an increase in fuel efficiency of up to 5%, she suggested.

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Ford unveiled the North American 2011 Ford Fiesta at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Ford Fiesta’s 1.6-liter The Ford Fiesta’s 1.6-liter Barb Samardzich, vice president of Ford global powertrain engineering. Click to enlarge. Our fuel economy leader is now a PowerShift automatic. Transmission.

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Source: MECA, Ford Motor Company. GDI technology provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Thomas Heiduk, Michael Kuhn, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Florian Unselt (2011) “The new 1.8L Click to enlarge. Emissions Engines Vehicle Systems'

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The Ricardo-led Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) project will apply 48V “intelligent electrification” concepts, mild hybridization and waste heat recovery in a Ford Focus diesel demonstrator. In 2011, the HyBoost team reported that the HyBoost demonstrator was achieving comparable performance to the conventional 2.0L

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

This time it was the turn of the North American 2011 Ford Fiesta, which will be available in both four-door and five-door body styles and comes with a choice of 15 class-exclusive technologies and projected fuel economy of 40mpg. Twin internal clutches keep it in constant mesh while continually optimising for maximum responsiveness.

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Source: Ford. At the US Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC last week, Cory Weaver from Ford Research and Advanced Engineering reported that Ford has completed the planned build of 12 units of the new engine, and is working on vehicle integration for further testing per the project timeline.

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The team sees further potential for fuel economy improvement with engine downsizing. Source: Wallner 2011. Collaborators and partners in the project included Ford, Westport, Sandia and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; international team members came from BMW, Graz University of Technology, and Ghent University.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Establishing dealer network. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. Planning background. ” First-generation EcoBoost.

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