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Ford and Azure Dynamics to Collaborate on Transit Connect Electric for Europe

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Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation have signed a collaborative agreement to begin delivering a pure battery electric version of the Ford Transit Connect van to customers in Europe beginning in late summer 2011. Further details of market availability and pricing will be announced closer to launch.

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Ford planning to cut 18% of production capacity, 13% of workforce in Europe; anticipating more than $1.5B loss in Europe in 2012

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Manufacture of Transit will be consolidated in Ford’s principal commercial vehicle manufacturing facility operated by Ford Otosan in Kocaeli, Turkey, in 2013. The new Mondeo, available with the award-winning 1.0-litre Ford plans to close the two facilities in the UK in 2013. New Mondeo, an all-new version of Ford’s large European car.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. “Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced ? Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said. While utilities such as E.ON

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