Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

European drivers are showing an increasing appetite for semi-autonomous driving technologies, according to a new Ford Motor Company study on buying trends in Europe. Ford Car Buying Trends 2015 , a study of new car buying habits in 22 countries across Europe, highlights regional trends and national differences.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Ford Motor Company is doubling the production capacity of its Cologne, Germany, engine plant to produce more than 1,000 units per day of the 1.0-L Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011.

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Ford Production Romania Transit Connect 199

Green Car Congress

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. Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). Ford continues to work toward cutting water use 30 percent per vehicle by 2015. Left: Wet flood machining.

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Ford Water 2007 Michigan 273

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Romania / 156 / 155 / 9. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Belgium / 148 / 153 / 5. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Poland / 153 / 154 / 7. Hungary / 153 / 155 / 10.

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