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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Ford’s changing share of the hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid electric, battery-electric vehicle segments and total ED market in the US in 2012 and YTD 2013. in calendar year 2012 to 14.7% Accordingly, in 2012, Ford only held a 7.5% in 2012 to 23.3% Data: EDTA, Ford Motor. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 2, 2020

Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel have found that considerable quantities of the greenhouse gas methane escape uncontrolled into the water from abandoned oil and gas wells in the North Sea. On the basis of investigations directly on the seafloor it was possible to determine the amount of escaping gas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ford will offer fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines in 11 vehicles in 2012, up from seven in 2011, tripling the production capacity of EcoBoost-equipped Ford vehicles. The high-volume Escape compact utility vehicle and the Fusion sedan gain a 1.6-liter In 2011, Ford sold 127,883 EcoBoost-equipped vehicles. liter EcoBoost engine option.

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JULY 28, 2011

This significant reduction would largely be accomplished by capturing natural gas that currently escapes to the air and making that gas available for sale through technologies and processes already in use by several companies and required in some states. Details on the hearings will be announced soon.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2012

When Ford decided to kill its hybrid variant of the 2012 Ford Escape, there was much gnashing of teeth and wailing here at GreenCarReports. But now we know: Ford’s new 2013 non-hybrid Escape can live up to.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 14, 2012

Fitted with Ford’s latest green engine technology, the 2013 Ford Escape has started to roll off the production line at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky. Starting at $22,470, the compact crossover SUV has undergone a complete redesign for this year, giving it a strong family resemblance to the smaller 2012 Ford Focus.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

The company also reported that it has produced 763 units of the battery-electric vehicle Jan-Jun 2012. The outgoing Escape hybrid sold 17 units. The results mark a 44% drop in hybrid sales from the June 2011 figure of 2,278 units, mainly due to the lack of the Escape hybrid. In June 2011, the hybrid Escape sold 826 units.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Driving social change Founded in 2012, Creative Start was launched to break down barriers, tackle loneliness and isolation, and provide opportunities for some of the most marginalised communities in Grimsby and the surrounding areas.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Smaller engines with turbochargers have spread throughout new vehicles as a way to meet the increasingly stringent fuel-efficiency rules that started in 2012. But no maker has been as forward about marketing that technology as Ford, which now offers a range of downsized and boosted engines under the EcoBoost brand.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Small utility vehicles are most popular with buyers in this age group; more than 46% of premium Ford Escape Titanium buyers are 56 or older, indicating trendsetting boomers are opting for high-series models loaded with technology and amenities. The 2014 Ford Escape compact utility vehicle features 98.1 cubic feet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Ford and BASF have teamed up to develop a sustainable, plant-sourced castor oil-based foam product for the 2012 Ford Focus instrument panel. The new castor oil-based foam is significantly more durable than the previously used material, with a 36% better tensile strength (a measure of the foam’s ability to hold its shape over time and use).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

Since 2009, 38% of Ford’s growth has come from vehicles in this super segment, which includes Fiesta, Focus, Fusion and Escape. Two-thirds of all buyers shop the Escape and Fusion when they first come into a Ford dealership. Escape has been the best-selling small utility in the US for the past two months, Ford notes.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The Ford Escape compact sport utility, including its hybrid model, is now long in the tooth or beyond. It was first introduced as a 2001 model, and has been restyled twice. It still sells well, though, and Ford continues to update the hybrid model. Nonetheless, it's overdue for replacement. Now, word has leaked out that Ford will.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. The five-year supply agreement includes delivery for committed production in 2012 with a target of at least 5,000 units per year.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

In its “2012 Outlook: US Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers”, Fitch assigns the industry a Positive Rating, expecting the credit profiles of the US OEMs and auto suppliers to generally strengthen in 2012, assuming that global economic conditions do not weaken materially from current trends. million units in 2012, up 4.4%

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

When diesel buses were standard throughout the industry, LBT was an early adopter of particulate traps to prevent harmful matter from escaping from the exhaust. In 2012, LBT purchased its first CNG buses. In the mid-2000s, LBT began to step away from diesel and purchased gasoline-hybrid buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Hyundai Sonata Turbo, Kia Sportage Turbo, and Ford Escape 2.0T liter turbocharged four gets 28 mpg in the new 328i Sedan and delivered improved mileage in the 2012 X3 SUV by one mpg, with essentially identical power and acceleration. Ford Escape. Four (2012). Ford Escape. While the 1.4-liter Dodge Dart.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2010

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. A similar system has been installed on more than 170,000 gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles Ford has sold since 2004.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2011

Ford's lineup used to lack small cars, but with the arrival of the stylish Ford Fiesta last year and an all-new family of Focus models this year, the automaker now has a full-line of small cars in addition to its hybrid models like the Escape Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

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. Twenty percent of all bumpers in 2012 will be aluminum. Aluminum in 2012 North American Light Vehicles Executive Summary. —Randall Scheps.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Mercedes-Benz is recalling certain model year 2013 SL-Class vehicles manufactured from 19 December 2011, through 31 May 2012 originally equipped with R-1234yf refrigerant. The testing conducted by DAG determined that the escaping R-1234yf refrigerant may ignite under specific conditions. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2017

The Ford Escape Hybrid reigned alone in the first segment from 2004 through 2012, and then Ford simply walked away from the segment. It's one of the more frequent questions on consumer car sites: why aren't there any hybrid crossover utility vehicles?

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Following the 2012 demise of the much-loved Ford Escape Hybrid, it took four years for the 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid to emerge. It's one of the most frequent questions asked by shoppers interested in utility vehicles with better gas mileage: why aren't there more hybrid SUVs and crossovers?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

Engineers heat the air inside a vehicle’s cabin, then take thermal images to spot the location from which warm air is escaping. Data from Ford’s US Global Quality Research System show the 2013 Ford Fusion earned a 67% approval rating for interior quietness compared to 58 percent for the 2012 Toyota Camry.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is the first mass-market crossover utility with a hybrid powertrain since the demise of the Ford Escape Hybrid in 2012. Granted, there's the luxury Lexus NX hybrid (using some of the same underpinninngs), and the low-volume Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, with a mild-hybrid powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

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. beginning in 2012. Next-generation hybrid based on C-car platform in 2012. Plug-in hybrid based on C-car platform in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

million for 2013, up more than 60% from 2012. The popularity of EcoBoost in North America is reflected in high take rates on key models: 90% of Ford Escape models are equipped with 1.6-liter Ford plans to offer the fuel-efficient engine in 20 vehicles in the region by mid-decade, a five-fold increase from 2012. liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2011

The new pricing will be available first on the 2012 Ford Explorer and Edge base models. Vehicles next in line after the 2012 Ford Explorer and Edge include the 2013 Ford Taurus, Focus, Escape and Flex. Text messaging while driving is banned in 34 states. In addition, SYNC will now be available on all trim levels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The Transit Connect BEV will use the same battery technology that is currently deployed in the Ford Escape plug-in demonstration fleet. Ford also plans to deploy JCS packs in its production PHEVs starting in 2012. Both Azure and Ford have existing relationships with Johnson Controls-Saft, bringing further synergies to the project.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

29) in June 2012 for its final adoption. The others are the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The collaboration between Ford and the New York Power Authority builds on an existing partnership involving the Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Demonstration Program. The program, which began nearly two years ago, has generated real world experience with these advanced technology vehicles by using them in real-world driving situations.

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All Cars Electric

MAY 4, 2011

From the iconic Ford Crown Victoria through to the Ford Escape Hybrids replacing many of them as part of air quality legislature coming into force in 2012, Ford’s relationship with the New York taxi is a long one.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The process creates fractures in formations such as shale rock, allowing natural gas or oil to escape into the well and be recovered. Initial research results and study findings are expected to be made public by the end of 2012, with the goal of an additional report following further research in 2014.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Ford began selling hybrid vehicles in the US in the fourth quarter of 2004 with the introduction of the Escape Hybrid. Other current hybrids in the Ford US line-up are the Fusion Hybrid, the C-MAX Hybrid, and Lincoln MKZ.

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APRIL 24, 2012

The balance tips when more power escapes from the islands than researchers can pump into the plasma through ohmic heating. Delgado-Aparicio (2012) Origin of Tokamak Density Limit Scalings. Besides cooling the plasma, the islands act as shields that block out added power. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Resources. Gates and L.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The project, funded by the government agency IWT, ran from February 2012 to January 2016 and was a partnership between Ghent University, University of Antwerp, University of Liège and Atlas Copco. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Why electric school buses are needed The best reason to switch from ICE school buses to electric school buses can be summed up in just two words: child wellness. Many school districts use diesel buses for fuel efficiency, but even diesel exhaust was classified as a known carcinogen to humans in 2012.

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