Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Ford is continuing to transform its global automotive business, accelerating the development and scaling of electric, connected vehicles, while leveraging its nameplates to strengthen operating performance and take full advantage of engineering and industrial capabilities. —Ford President and CEO Jim Farley.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Ford is opening an E-Transit registration site today for commercial customers ahead of order banks opening by July. To date, more than 450 commercial customers in North America, including 200 top fleets and fleet management companies, have said they’re interested in purchasing the E-Transit.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford recently announced that Ecolab would purchase more than 1,000 EVs to electrify its California operations through the next year. & The company also plans to employ Ford’s charging and telematics services to manage the influx of EVs. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. —Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Ford Next is collaborating with Uber to deliver a new lease option for rideshare drivers going electric. Called Ford Drive, the pilot program offers flexible access to Ford Mustang Mach-E models and has launched in San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

Ford is re-opening its order banks for the all-electric Mustang Mach-E as completed plant upgrades support production ramp in the second half of 2023, with feature improvements including increased range for standard range battery models to a targeted EPA-estimated range of 250 miles for RWD and 226 miles for eAWD. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

Ford, with design and testing consultation from 3M, has developed a new powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR). Production of this PAPR starts today at Ford’s Vreeland facility near Flat Rock, Mich., In addition to the current production of more than 3 million face shields in Plymouth, Mich., Face mask production.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Ford has put a pause on sending out dealer shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup, though the company also recently began delivering its 2024 gas versions of the truck. On February 9, Ford put a stop-ship order out for the F-150 Lightning for an undisclosed reason, according to a spokesperson in a statement to Automotive News.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

The University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company are opening a new advanced robotics facility. U-M’s Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is a four-story, $75-million, 134,000-square-foot complex situated on the north campus. —Ken Washington, chief technology officer, Ford Motor Company.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. Source: “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products ”. Simplified process flow.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Ford Pro and Deutsche Post DHL Group recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate the deployment of electrified vans used for logistics operations worldwide. Additionally purchases of Ford Pro Special Vehicles with a customized box for inner city distribution in Germany, were concluded.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains, announced an order from the California Department of State Hospitals for 12 zero-emission, all-electric Ford Transit 350HD models. All twelve are Class 3 delivery vans and were purchased under the terms of a California state contract.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Ford Motor Company intends to achieve carbon neutrality globally by 2050, while setting interim targets to address climate change challenges more urgently. To achieve its goal, Ford will focus initially on three areas that account for approximately 95% of its CO 2 emissions: vehicle use, its supply base and the company’s facilities.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ford has become the first US automaker to join the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance ( IRMA ), marking an expansion of the company’s commitment to safeguard human rights, communities where such work is done, and the broader environment.The BMW Group is also an IRMA member.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

At SEMA, Ford and Webasto revealed Mustang Lithium, an ultra-high-performance battery electric Mustang fastback prototype. Ford has made no secret of the fact that we are electrifying our most popular nameplates. —Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s Chief Product Development and Purchasing Officer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2013

Ford expects to double hybrid vehicle production as companies procure Fusion and C-MAX hybrids for their company fleets, and as model year market share, according to R.L. In the first quarter of 2013, Ford sold 10,266 Fusion hybrids and 8,511 C-MAX hybrids. Polk, has grown 13% since 2012.

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford informed dealers in a letter that it was discontinuing the end-of-lease purchase option for the E-Transit van, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 2, 2022

As Tesla became a household name, purchase intention has gone up 6% according to new research from Parks Associates. Other major OEMs such as Ford, GM, and Stellantis announcing and marketing their own EVs have also helped. The post Tesla is accelerating the popularity of EV purchases appeared first on TESLARATI. The Research.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2020

The new Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid, with a fourth-generation technology system, offers a best-in-class EPA-estimated economy rating of 100 MPGe combined and an EPA-estimated 37 miles of all-electric driving range. — Hau Thai-Tang, Ford chief product development and purchasing officer.

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Teslarati

MAY 2, 2023

Ford has re-opened order banks on the Mustang Mach-E while simultaneously rolling back prices and increasing range. The ability to order the Mustang Mach-E once again was opened because of plant upgrades that Ford completed, which will help ramp production volume in the second half of 2023. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2018

Ford Motor Company has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, a new organization charged with accelerating Ford’s autonomous vehicles (AV) business to capitalize on market opportunities. Ford expects to invest $4 billion in its AV efforts through 2023, including its $1 billion investment in Argo AI.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2022

Ford has sent out an internal memo to all dealerships in the United States and Canada, advising sales staff to not apply dealership markups to customers ordering the new, all-electric F-150 Lightning. In December, we reported that Ford was preparing to open the order bank for the F-150 Lightning in January. on the F150Gen14 forums.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Ford’s website no longer lists the base Ford Mustang Mach-E’ Select’ trim on its configurator following high demand for the electric SUV. For those looking to purchase a Ford Mustang Mach-E, you may be disappointed to learn that the base model trim is no longer available for order.

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Teslarati

JUNE 26, 2023

Ford is offering special financing on the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning as it is attempting to make its electric vehicles more accessible by improving affordability through both leasing and purchasing. APR for terms up to 60 months for qualified customers financing a Mustang Mach-E F-150 Lightning 0% APR for 36 months or 3.9%

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Baua Electric

JUNE 1, 2023

” The transaction made sense for each purchaser and vendor, mentioned Jason Stopnitzky, co-founder of Irvine, Calif., buy-sell company Efficiency Brokerage Services and products, which brokered the offer. ” The post Canadian companions purchase first dealership, within the U.S. in February.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic boosted interest in automated transport technologies as a contactless way to help customers get their purchases. are operational only (WTW), while battery production is included for BEVs and drones. In each scenario, they calculated the greenhouse gas emissions, or the carbon footprint, for each package delivered.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

With fewer than 1,000 commercial electric vehicles expected to be built overall during 2020, every commercial vehicle OEM has struggled with high prices due to the low production volumes — but that is now changing for Lightning. As we are witnessing in the passenger EV market, higher sales volumes are translating into lower prices.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In a pre-Christmas media event, Ford president and CEO Mark Fields said while 2014 was a good year for the company, 2015 has the potential to be a “ breakthrough year ”. In moving forward on that, Fields said, Ford will focus on five key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance.

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2023

In an interview on Mad Money with Jim Cramer, Ford CEO Jim Farley shared his thoughts on the Tesla Cybertruck and the legacy automakers’ decision to use Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS). Tesla and Ford may have formed a new partnership when the latter decided to adopt NACS.

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Teslarati

JULY 16, 2021

Over the weekend, Ford unveiled a petrol fragrance for future Mach-E GT owners at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. According to Ford’s survey, 70% of the participants claimed they would miss the smell of petrol to some degree, while 24% stated they would miss the performance of ICE vehicles after the transition. Credit: Ford).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford Pro will collaborate with global sustainability leaders Ecolab to speed up the electrification of its vehicle fleet, with a goal of transitioning to a 100% fully electric commercial fleet by 2030. Ford Pro productivity software and service solutions have been shown to help optimize fleet operations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Ford Motor Company reported that it has built its two-millionth EcoBoost engine since the launch of the line in 2009. With customer demand exceeding its initial projections, Ford now expects EcoBoost production to exceed its global diesel engine production. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter

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Teslarati

MAY 28, 2024

Concerns swirling around demand haven’t seemed to affect consumer purchases, and while Tesla deliveries were disappointing to some , the automaker remains the only high-volume EV maker in the U.S. “Right now Tesla doesn’t have new models, Ford doesn’t have a lot in the pipeline. . percent), Ford Mustang Mach-E (3.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

of the projected US electric vehicle production through the end of 2023 and was designed to fit into the forecast production envelopes of each automaker. of the projected US electric vehicle production through the end of 2023 and was designed to fit into the forecast production envelopes of each automaker.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2022

FedEx is testing the Ford E-Transit as a delivery vehicle for its SameDay City delivery service, the company announced. FedEx SameDay City is a perfect use-case for testing the capabilities of the Ford E-Transit. Wal-Mart purchased 4,500 Canoo all-electric deliver vans that will make last-mile deliveries.

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