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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Ford has confirmed that the first production applications for the new 1.0-liter, liter, 3-cylinder EcoBoost engine ( earlier post ) will be three models in the European product range: first the Focus, followed by C-MAX and the all-new Ford B-MAX. Ford will introduce two versions of the 1.0-liter liters globally.

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MARCH 5, 2013

From 2013-2015, Ford of Europe will increase total EcoBoost gasoline engine production by 35%. Ford’s family of EcoBoost engines applied in Europe currently includes the 1.0-liter In five years, Ford says, more than 50% of Ford gasoline engines in Europe will be turbocharged. liter EcoBoost engine.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Ford Motor Company reported that it has built its two-millionth EcoBoost engine since the launch of the line in 2009. With customer demand exceeding its initial projections, Ford now expects EcoBoost production to exceed its global diesel engine production. million for 2013, up more than 60% from 2012. liter and 2.0-liter

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JUNE 26, 2014

liter EcoBoost engine ( earlier post ) was named 2014 International Engine of the Year for the third consecutive year. Available in Ford Fiesta and the upcoming 2015 Focus, the 1.0L EcoBoost was also named Best Engine Under 1.0-Liter The Best Green Engine Award this year went to the Tesla Model S electric powertrain.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Ford has revealed the 2020 Escape; the small SUV will make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto Show. Every model in the new Escape lineup, whether powered by one of two EcoBoost engines or the new hybrid powertrains, targets an EPA-estimated range of at least 400 miles per tank. The all-new 1.5-liter

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

liter engine will be one of the first on the market to combine gasoline direct injection (DI) with twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) and E85 flex fuel capability. The North American version of the 2012 Ford Focus will be powered by a 2.0-liter —Jamie Hanshaw, Ford VCT technical specialist.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally launched volume production of Ford’s smallest gasoline engine—the 1.0-liter, liter, turbocharged, direct injection EcoBoost engine ( earlier post )—at Ford’s Cologne (Germany) Engine Plant. litre EcoBoost engine in early 2012.

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MARCH 22, 2013

Ford has reduced the average amount of water used to make each of its vehicles by 8.5% between 2011 and 2012—putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. billion gallons, or about 62%. Silverton Assembly Plant (South Africa): Began using a $2.5

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AUGUST 6, 2014

million hours on Titan to a project led by ORNL with Ford and Convergent Science as co-investigators. The projects started in May 2012 and are ongoing; the new ALCC awards are the latest awards of processor time supporting the project. Titan is current Nº2 on the Top 500 Supercomputer list, and offers 27.1

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APRIL 12, 2013

EcoBoost engine. Ford Motor Company officially launched the new 1.5-liter liter EcoBoost engine into its lineup. liter EcoBoost is the first engine from Ford to incorporate a computer-controlled clutch on the belt-drive water pump, which further improves efficiencies by reducing warm-up time. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Ford is implementing brake torque vectoring—a technology offered on some higher end vehicles—as standard in the 2012 Ford Focus. The new Focus is the first North American Ford vehicle to offer torque vectoring control. —Rick Bolt, program manager for the Ford Focus.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The company will showcase a number of its technologies, including hybrid and electric vehicle testing; high voltage battery testing and simulation; and the smallest AC regenerative engine dynamometer available in the industry. The new Small Engine AC Motoring Dynamometer is the smallest available on the market today. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 27, 2013

Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally was in China last week to celebrate the seven-millionth Ford Transit vehicle produced and the opening of the JMC Xiaolan Plant, a new commercial vehicle assembly plant in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. The new engine plant will have initial annual capacity of 200,000 units.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Developed for the latest 1-liter downsized gasoline engines. Continental will be supplying Ford with turbochargers for the carmaker’s new three-cylinder direct injection gasoline engine platform. The first two engines will generate 74 and 88 kW from a displacement of just one liter. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 25, 2012

I3 Ford EcoBoost at the SAE 2012 World Congress. FEV provided early development stage support for the engine in the area of design and CAE, combustion development, and engine build for 36 engines. We have been very fortunate to have supported Ford Motor Company in the development of this breakthrough powertrain.

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APRIL 22, 2012

The Ford EcoSport offers the 1.0L 3-cylinder EcoBoost engine. Ford is introducing a family of four new global SUVs in China, which the company unveiled at 2012 Auto China in Beijing: the new Ford EcoSport ( earlier post ), offered with the 1.0L EcoBoost engine ( earlier post ); Kuga; Edge; and Explorer.

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MARCH 17, 2019

UK-based Reaction Engines has received further endorsement of its SABRE (Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine) design ( earlier post ) via its collaboration with ESA and the UK Space Agency (UKSA). —Shaun Driscoll, Programs Director, Reaction Engines. —Mark Ford, head of ESA’s Propulsion Engineering section.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

Ford is bringing its global EcoBoost powertrain technology to India for the first time with the debut of the 3-cylinder, 1.0L EcoBoost engine ( earlier post ) for the all-new Ford EcoSport, being previewed at Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi. liter gasoline engine while emitting less than 140g/km CO 2. The new EcoSport.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine. The new Ford Escape will offer two different EcoBoost engines: a 2.0-liter Each new engine uses the core EcoBoost technologies of direct fuel injection and turbocharging and adds twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) ( earlier post ). liter EcoBoost engine and the 2.5-liter

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Ford Motor Company’s Oakville Assembly plant in Canada now sends no operational waste-to-landfill, an achievement that gives Ford Motor Company the distinction of becoming landfill-free at all its manufacturing facilities in Canada. The Essex Engine Plant received landfill-free status in 2012 and Windsor Engine Plant in 2013.

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AUGUST 8, 2014

Fords 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost engine is powering 1 in 5 of the new Fords sold in Europe in the first half of this year, according to Ford figures. From January through June 2014, Ford sold approximately 120,000 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost engines turbocharger delivers 1.6 For the first half of 2014, 1.0-liter

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Ford and its partners are building a new engine plant in China to support future products and growth plans. Ford’s joint venture, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd (CFMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with the Chongqing Municipal Government to build a new engine plant in Chongqing.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

The actions—along with a previously announced initiative to reduce approximately 500 salaried and agency positions across Europe, with the Ford salaried reductions achieved voluntarily—affect 6,200 positions or about 13% of Ford’s European workforce. Ford plans to close the two facilities in the UK in 2013.

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MAY 1, 2012

Ford has added a third shift at Cleveland Engine Plant No. liter V6 engines. Introduced in 2009 on the Ford Taurus SHO and Lincoln MKS, EcoBoost technology combines direct injection and turbocharging. liter EcoBoost V6 engines since 2009. liter EcoBoost V6 engines since 2009. 1 to meet demand for 3.5-liter

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Ford Auto Start-Stop. Ford will begin applying start-stop technology—currently used in Ford hybrids and some Ford cars in Europe—in conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America in 2012. Ford is the leading domestic producer of start-stop systems. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Consumer Reports’ own fuel economy tests of vehicles equipped with small turbocharged engines has found in many cases that the turbocharged cars tested by CR have slower acceleration and no better fuel economy than the models with larger conventional engines, the organization said. The smaller engine—a 1.6-liter

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Ford has released the first images of the new Territory, a mid-size SUV targeted at new buyers in emerging cities in China. Ford developed the Territory together with its joint venture partner, Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC). —Peter Fleet, president, Asia Pacific and chairman & CEO, Ford China.

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MAY 27, 2013

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last week opened an investigation ( PE13018 ) after its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received 95 reports alleging incidents of reduced engine power during hard accelerations in model year (MY) 2011 through 2013 Ford F150 trucks equipped with the 3.5L GTDI engines.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

2012 Sonic. The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic with the Ecotec 1.4L The Sonic’s highway fuel economy makes it one of the most fuel-efficient small cars in the market, with fuel economy equivalent to the 2012 Ford Fiesta SFE and on a par with the 2012 Hyundai Accent. Click to enlarge. L/100km), resulting in 33 mpg US (7.1

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Ford Focus 1.0-liter Ford Motor Company has announced a new version of the Focus 1.0-liter gasoline direct injection engine, the new Focus 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost engine is a transverse-mounted, inline three-cylinder turbo gasoline direct fuel injection with Ti-VCT. Engines Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge.

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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. Craiova Engine Plant (Romania).

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Ford is investing an additional £190 million (US$306 million) at its Dagenham London site to produce a family of all-new advanced 2.0-liter liter diesel engines (code-named Panther ) in a wide range of outputs due to be applied in commercial vehicles starting in 2016 and in cars starting in 2018. Earlier post.) million (US$14.3

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MAY 24, 2010

Ford Motor Company, moving to create a center of excellence in Michigan for vehicle electrification, is investing $135 million to design, engineer and produce key components for the company’s next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles. Ford’s Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich.,

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The 2012 Ford Edge joins the Explorer in offering Ford's EcoBoost four-cylinder engine, and in the Edge, the combination of the.

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MAY 22, 2017

Ford Motor Company has appointed Jim Hackett as Ford Motor Company president and CEO, replacing Mark Fields, who is retiring, effective immediately. s turnaround, served as interim Athletic Director at University of Michigan, and has led Ford Smart Mobility LLC since March 2016. He served on Ford’s board from 2013 to 2016.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine has lapped the Nürburgring, been discussed as a potential race-car engine, and we've driven it ourselves in both a Focus Wagon and a Focus hatchback in Europe. How about coming to America, and more specifically the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show? But how do you get this tiny engine from.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Ford has begun production of the 2014 F-150 with the gaseous fuel prep option, making Ford the only manufacturer with an available CNG/LPG-capable half-ton pickup. The 2014 Ford F-150 with 3.7-liter When equipped with a bi-fuel CNG/LPG engine package, the 3.7-liter The Ford F-150 with 3.7-liter

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