Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

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. Repair works under the Ford warranty will be provided by Ford dealers.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

February 2024 was a positive month for the new car market in Europe. In contrast, petrol cars performed almost as well as they did before the Covid-19 pandemic. Chinese-made cars drive growth In Europe, sale of cars made in China saw the highest levels of year-on-year growth in February 2024 (+45%) and in January-February 2024 (+43%).

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The first prototype of the hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger ute dubbed the Warrego by its developer, the Australian start-up H2X Global, has hit the road in the Netherlands. H2X has also announced it will build the H2X in Europe and in Australia at a facility in Sale in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley. 2023 H2X Warrego prototype.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In the meantime, however, as diesel cars emit significantly less CO 2 than equivalent petrol-powered vehicles, they will have to be part of the gradual transition to low-carbon vehicles, acting as a ‘bridge’ technology. One will provide the traditional benefits of efficiency and fuel economy, as in the current offer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

Ford is infusing its European product range with new generations of more efficient gasoline and diesel engines, led by the introduction of two 4-cylinder Ford EcoBoost gasoline units. The 4-cylinder Ford EcoBoost engines are available as either a 1.6-liter liter Ford EcoBoost petrol and 1.6-liter Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

Ford Focus 1.0-liter Ford Motor Company has announced a new version of the Focus 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost ( earlier post ) that will be the first gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO 2 emissions. The car goes on sale in Europe early next year. liter EcoBoost 100 PS version delivers 4.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Green NCAP tested 34 cars with different powertrain types: battery electric, hybrid electric, conventional petrol and diesel, and one vehicle, the Ford Puma, that runs on alternative fuel. Sales of small SUVs have increased five times, becoming the most sold vehicles in 2022 with about four million cars sold across Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

million units registered in Europe in 2018 so far, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. Demand for petrol is continuing to grow as diesel declines—petrol registrations increased by 16% in February. The Renault Clio remained the second most popular car in Europe, but saw its volume decrease by 2%. respectively.

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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 The B-MAX compact multi-activity vehicle led the way, with 44% of all vehicles ordered across Ford’s 19 traditional European markets specified with the 1.0-liter Earlier post.)

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EV Central

DECEMBER 11, 2022

If you can’t wait for the 2027 Volkswagen Amarok battery electric ute then maybe the petrol-electric version potentially due as soon as 2025 will do. The second-generation Amarok arrives in Australia from April with orthodox Ford turbo-diesel and turbo-petrol powertrains. For the petrol guys – for me – it’s enough.”.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Ford Motor Company is leading a €3.5-million Methanol is a petrol and not suitable as a diesel fuel component, but can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether (DME) with a high cetane number. million (US$3.9-million) The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.). —Lumpp et al. OME1 can be stored in a conventional tank system.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

million) grant from the UK Government-funded Advanced Propulsion Centre—consisted of 20 Ford Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid vans ( earlier post ) covering 240,000 km (150,000 miles) over a 12-month period. liter EcoBoost petrol engine as a range extender for total range exceeding 500 kilometers (310 miles). million (US$5.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The average CO 2 emissions figure on new Fiat cars sold in Europe during the first half of 2009 dropped 5.2 g/km reduction in the CO 2 output of new cars sold by the top 25 brands in Europe in 1H 2009, with a similar reduction measured in JATO’s 21 monitored EU markets. g/km), Ford (140.4 g/km to 129.1 g/km), Peugeot (134.5

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

The Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid will arrive in 2025. Ford, with its reliance on the diesel Ranger and Everest and Isuzu, which has only the diesel D-MAX and MU-X in its line-up, are also potential beneficiaries of the modifications. Ford adds a plug-in hybrid Ranger here in 2025 and Isuzu a battery electric D-Max by 2026.

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EV Central

JULY 22, 2023

READ MORE: Tesla Model Y now cheaper than ever READ MORE: Tesla Model Y outsells Ford Ranger to become Australia’s second best-selling vehicle READ MORE: Tesla Model Y review Mazda has chosen a hybrid strategy for its all-new and critically important premium SUV model, the CX-60. Europe has been on to this for about a decade.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Founded in 2002, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is an international cooperation that includes BMW Group; Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG; Daimler; Ford; GM/Opel; Hamburger Hochbahn; Linde; Shell; StatoilHydro; TOTAL; Vattenfall Europe; and Volkswagen. Tadashi Arashima, President and CEO Toyota Motor Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

Drive was originally announced as “City Driving On-Demand” and is one of the original set of 25 Smart Mobility experiments announced by Ford CEO Mark Fields at CES in January. Drive fleet is Focus Electrics, the other half Ford Fiestas with EcoBoost engines. Ford will collect a wide range of data during the Go!Drive

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ford has made improvements to its refreshed Focus which will ensure that it delivers fuel economy improvements of up to 15 per cent across the range. The new Focus is now also the first vehicle in Europe to gain Ford’s new 1.5 litre EcoBoost petrol engine and will also be available for the first t[.].

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

share in November, with Petrol at just 2.3% Norway, the world’s leading market in the electric vehicle transition, saw plugins take 91.2% share in November, up from 79.9% a year ago. Non-hybridized combustion vehicles saw a record low of under 5.1%

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Diesel, petrol and plugless hybrids all recorded […]. Norway, the world’s leading country in electric vehicle adoption, saw plugin EV market share in October at an impressive 89.3%, up from 79.1% a year ago.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The latest generation of diesel vehicles is a very effective lever to achieve climate goals in the near future, because they emit 15-20% less CO 2 than equivalent petrol vehicles. In the interim, modern diesel technology will continue to play an important role in the gradual transition to low-carbon vehicles, according to ACEA.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Diesels lost more than half their share year-on-year, falling to just 2.3%, with petrol and plugless hybrids not faring much better. Norway’s plugin electric vehicle market share in September broke new ground, hitting 91.5% with full electrics alone taking 77.5% Overall auto market volume was 17992 units, slightly above seasonal norms.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine. litre and 2.0

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 1, 2021

So far, petrol engines only make up 4.4% Tesla is not going to be the only car company to benefit from the widespread adoption of EVs in Europe. Volkswagen is arguably the most committed mass-market automotive entity in terms of electrification, neck-and-neck with American company Ford. of the market share in 2021 and 73.8%

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 21, 2011

The Ford Focus in Europe will be blessed with two more fuel efficient powertrain options in the form of the Ford PowerShift automatic with dual dry-clutch technology; and the Flexifuel, which is capable of utilising E85 fuel.

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EV Info

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This year has been a turbulent time for the global car market, espicially in Europe where car registrations dropped by 29% during the first nine months of the year – to 8.54 In Spetember there are signs that Europe is all set for an electric revolution was the market rebounds. million units. EV growth makes history.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Question: Can you tell explain Ford’s strategy for introducing greener cars? However at Ford we see three clear stages to achieve this. Ecoboost is a petrol engine technology that gets more out of the same engine. Q: What challenges do Ford face in launching “third stage&# vehicles?

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Previously its fuel-saving start-stop technology has been limited to hybrid cars and some vehicles in Europe, but now Ford will introduce the devices across its vehicles, including crossovers and SUVS, in North America in 2012.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

BEV sales in the UK have grown rapidly over the past year – with demand rising, at least in part due to petrol shortages, which dried up many motorists’ gas tanks in September. Ford plans to go all-electric in Europe by 2030, and many other automakers, including Volvo, have a similar strategy. part of the mission.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

By 2023 there should be more hydrogen filling stations in Germany, than there are conventional petrol stations along the Autobahns today. However, filling stations for this environmentally friendly alternative fuel are still scarce. The H2 Mobility initiative wants to change this. Fuel Cells Hydrogen Infrastructure'

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Drive Electric

MAY 22, 2023

The main difference between EVs and petrol or diesel cars (ICEVs)vehicles is how they are powered. Volkswagen NZ, for example, sent a mechanic from each of their nationwide workshops to Europe for high-level specialised training courses before their EV range even landed in New Zealand! Why are EV repairs different from regular cars?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We have witnessed a sharp increase in demand for our turbos on both passenger and commercial vehicles in the US and China, and expect to grow in new sectors like small gas (petrol) engines in Europe, where turbo penetration is already very strong. —Alex Ismail, President and CEO of Honeywell Transportation System.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 5, 2023

Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. PHEV’s relatively low share was not due to their fall in volume, rather that the volume of BEVs and petrol vehicles were much higher than usual. Petrol vehicle volumes were 4x to 5x recent seasonal norms. jump in volume, gaining 10th spot.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

However, the Ford Fiesta is one vehicle that appears to have edged out its rival. According to Australia’s GoAuto, the new Ford Fiesta Econetic diesel, which has fuel consumption of 63.6mpg under the Australian combined fuel test cycle, has lower fuel consumption than the third generation Prius at 60mpg under the same test cycle.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But citizens are up in arms about energy prices across the entirety of Europe, with U.K. Most of the United Kingdom’s reduction in greenhouse gas emissions have been attributed to the nation moving away from fossil fuels (mainly coal) in electricity generation. Environmentalists were not the only ones alarmed by the move.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

It seems no vehicle manufacturer wants to be left out of the Frankfurt frenzy and now Ford of Europe has released details of the all-new Ford C-MAX which will debut at the 2009 show. It is the third of the family to be announced by Ford, with the EcoBoost line also including a 3.5l

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo. —Nick Pascoe, CPT’s chief executive.

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