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2012 Ford Focus Electric: Overly Timid Or Cleverly Cautious?

Green Car Reports

Ford is rightfully proud of its lithium-ion battery powered 2012 Focus Electric.

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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Portland General Electric will collaborate to help prepare the city of Portland and the Pacific Northwest for the operation of electric vehicles. Ford will draw upon PGE’s partnership with Portland State University to further study urban mobility and the integration of energy and sustainable design.

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Ford Selects Compact Power to Supply Li-ion Battery Pack for Ford Focus Electric On Sale in US in 2011

Green Car Congress

Ford has selected Compact Power, Inc. CPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of LG Chem, as the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the 2011 Ford Focus Electric for the US market. CPI/LG Chem are also supplying the battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). Earlier post.)

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Electric commercial vehicle company SEA Electric raises $42M; partnership with Exro

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SEA Electric was founded in Australia in 2012, with a proprietary electric power-system technology (known as SEA-Drive) for the world’s urban delivery and distribution fleets. SEA Ford F-59 EV with SEA-Drive 120b.

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Ford unveils C-MAX Energi, its first production plug-in hybrid, and another hybrid variant

Green Car Congress

Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid. On the heels officially introducing the Focus Electric last week ( earlier post ), Ford revealed two next-generation hybrids—including its first production plug-in hybrid (PHEV)—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Click to enlarge.

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BMW’s hybrid motor design seeks to deliver high efficiency and power density with lower rare earth use

Green Car Congress

Drawing from a 2012 BMW patent application showing one embodiment of a proposed method to increase the efficiency of an electric motor. Source: BMW patent application Nº 2012/0267977. In a 2012 paper published in the Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology analyzing a hybrid motor structure, Beser et al. Click to enlarge.

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How the Adoption of Tesla’s NACS Charging Network is Changing the EV Market

EV Life

With a vast worldwide network of charging stations and Tesla Superchargers now available to nearly every electric vehicle automaker, EV drivers can rest assured that finding quick and available power when needed will not be an issue. What Makes the NACS So Great? Originally only available to Tesla owners, the NACS is now on the open market.