Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

The study surveyed all major automakers and forecasts that Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler will become the biggest users of aluminum sheet in the next decade. The findings of the “ 2015 North American Light Vehicle Aluminum Content Study ” were compiled using data updated and verified between October 2013 and April 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2016

Ford Fusion electrified vehicle retail sales spiked in the Los Angeles market during the month of June, the first month of availability for the new 2017 model. Based on Ford June sales figures, Fusion Energi (the plug-in hybrid variant) sales jumped nearly 40% in LA compared to June 2015. gallon tank.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2013

At Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground in Belgium, Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car. Powered by independent electric motors in each of the rear wheels, eWheelDrive technology could lead to improvements in urban mobility and parking by enabling smaller, more agile cars, Ford said.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid sedans will begin testing on California streets next year, as Ford Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto continues growing. Ford is officially enrolled in the California Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program to test autonomous vehicles on public roads. Click to enlarge. Data-driven health care.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Ford CEO Mark Fields at 2015 Further with Ford. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

Ford Motor Company has created a new subsidiary—Ford Smart Mobility LLC—to design, build, grow and invest in emerging mobility services. Jim Hackett, former Steelcase vice chairman and CEO, is leaving his position on the Ford Board of Directors to serve as chairman of the new subsidiary. Ford Smart Mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Ford Developer Program. Currently, the three main categories of AppLink-enabled apps include: News and Information.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Building on the success of Ford’s Innovate Mobility Challenge Series (IMCS) 1.0 in 2014 ( earlier post ), Ford has launched the Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan, which asks developers to submit traffic-busting solutions for the main highway artery between Taipei and popular tourist destination Yilan. in January.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter A user enables the system through a two-step authentication process designed to protect personal information. liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2016

For the past five years, Ford has issued an annual trend report exploring societal shifts expected to influence consumers and brands (e.g., Sheryl Connelly, Ford global trend and futuring manager, says there is no escaping the fact that disruption is now the status quo. earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ford has opened its new Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto, growing its global research team and accelerating the company’s work in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. At Ford, we view ourselves as both a mobility and an auto company, as we drive innovation in every part of our business.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

ABI Research forecasts that global electric vehicle revenue will hit $58 billion in 2021, more than five times its market value in 2015. Leading automotive manufacturers Ford and BMW, for example, are looking to create electric bikes that could fit and charge inside of a car. —Susan Beardslee, Senior Analyst at ABI Research.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2014

And so the outlook is for ever-better engines or electric motors in heavy vehicles used in a way that results in the worst weight-to-payload ratios for any mechanized means of personal transportation in history. And new battery-heavy hybrid drives and electric cars will not be lighter: The small all-electric Ford Focus weighs 1.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

The report is the authoritative reference for real-world fuel economy, technology trends and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions, for new personal vehicles sold in the US every year since 1975. L/100 km), slightly higher than MY 2015, and a record high overall. The average 0-to-60 mph acceleration time was the same in MY 2016 as MY 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have found that using a Level 4 connected and automated vehicle (CAV) subsystem could increase vehicle primary energy use and GHG emissions by 3–20% due to increases in power consumption, weight, drag, and data transmission.

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Baua Electric

MAY 25, 2023

” Because the creation of the ARC investigation in 2015, automakers — together with BMW, Ford and Volkswagen — have initiated 8 remembers to deal with doable protection defects with ARC airbag inflators.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The researchers discovered the residual effects of mental distraction while comparing new hands-free technologies in ten 2015 vehicles and three types of smartphones. The other study examined voice-dialing, voice-contact calling and music selection using in-vehicle information or “infotainment” systems in 10 model-year 2015 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2016

The FT cited “ a person familiar with Uber’s plans ” as the source. In August 2015, Uber signed a partnership with the University of Arizona focused on research and development in the optics space for mapping and safety. Uber has already hired Brian McClendon, formerly the head of Google Maps for more than a decade. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JUNE 20, 2023

A NHTSA spokesperson showed to Automobile Information on June 15 that the company had gained ARC’s reaction to the particular series and that it was once “being processed for personally identifiable information and confidential business information before a public version is made available in the investigation file.”

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 28, 2023

Flash Drive: 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost and Coyote 5.0 V8 Fun in the Last Pony Car Ford says people buy the Mustang for its looks. Ford is making sure the seventh-generation Mustang continues to be the American-built Pony Car motoring enthusiasts want, and maybe even need. While both have the turbocharged 2.3-liter

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

For her car sharing had subcategories of: Car sharing is expanding our mobility Roundtrip One-Way Personal Vehicle Sharing (which can include fractional ownership models) Then there’s scooter sharing and bike sharing (also with subcategories of public, closed campus and peer-to-peer [P2P]). We covered the start-up here.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

That makes Fiat the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal of 130 g/km by 2015, five years early. g/km), Ford (140.4 Other applications such as eco:Drive—our innovative software program—allows drivers to analyse personal driving styles so as to optimize consumption and emissions. g/km to 129.1

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. The person did not give a specific time frame, although IPOs typically take several months. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 3, 2021

This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes (Daimler), BMW, Audi, GM, Ford, Nissan, Toyota and others are now delivering cars with some of these features and developing cars with all of these.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Ford Motor Company has entered into two new research collaborations driving innovation in mobility and autonomous vehicles. Ford also this year is contributing to the UK Autodrive initiative that is researching how driverless and connected cars can be integrated into everyday life. Personal Mobility Experience Innovation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The details of that specific situation may result in an electric vehicle parc somewhat different than in Western countries, other speakers noted, and may indeed—given the obvious scale of the China market—herald a major transformation in transportation, including the type and role of personal vehicles, others suggested.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

In 1999, Ford acquired Volvo as part of its Premier Auto Group. China-based Geely Holding bought Volvo from Ford in 2010; its approximately 11-year stint with Ford left Volvo with a number of legacy Ford technologies. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge. Background. Volvo Car Corporation was founded in Sweden in 1927.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2017

kg) per vehicle (PPV) in 2015 to 565 PPV (256.3 The study finds that total aluminum content for North American lightweight vehicles will increase to nearly 9 billion pounds, averaging 466 PPV by 2020, an increase of 69 pounds from 2015. kg) per vehicle in 2015 to 61 pounds (27.7 kg) per vehicle in 2015 to 49 pounds (22.2

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I personally have had over 400 people drive my cars in order to show them the true experience. Kate has been driving electric since 2015, and her experience with the early bumps in the road combined with her background in education led to pursuing her passion to promote the benefits of green technology.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

The new figure – corroborated by automotive data provider, JATO – means that Fiat is the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal, of 130 g/km by 2015, five years early. g/km), Ford (140.4 Of the top 10 brands, Fiat is ahead of Toyota (132.9 g/km), Peugeot (134.5 g/km), Citroën (138.1 g/km), Renault (138.9

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro. 4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

Ford, for example, recently cut 3,000 highly-paid salaried and contract workers as a down payment to help fund the transition to EVs. Ford CEO Jim Farley has said , employee cuts are necessary as Ford has “too many places in some places, no doubt about it. Ford is not alone. Mercedes-Benz says it will be investing €1.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2016

Among other potential benefits, these vehicles offer the promise of increased safety on the nation’s roadways and personal mobility to those who are not able or do not wish to drive themselves. DSCC2015–9747, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Dynamic systems and Control conference, October, 2015. References. [ Stein, J.L.,

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Oleg: In my opinion as CEO and founder of IoTecha, I personally believe that it has huge promise, because automated charging actually eliminates the need to add weight and complexity to the vehicle. I personally believe that destination charging will take a very significant role in how we charge our vehicles.

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EV Match

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The exciting news is that the pre-owned market looks quite different than it used to—and used EVs are offering prospective buyers the chance to take a different, more climate-friendly approach to personal transportation. Used EVs: What to Look For.

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