Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford of Europe revealed the first of a fleet of Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) prototypes based on the Ford Focus ( earlier post ), and specially developed to participate in the UK Government’s Ultra-Low Carbon Vehicles demonstration initiative next year. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Currently (2010), electrified products (only hybrids at this point) represent 1% of Ford’s global fleet. Ford anticipates that hybrids will represent about 70% of the 2020 numbers, with plug-in hybrids contributing 20-25% and battery-electric vehicles the remainder, she said. This is not just an image vehicle, or an image technology.

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JULY 12, 2010

The UK Government is providing a £360 million (US$541 million) loan guarantee for Ford’s £450 million (US$677 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Ford is investing £1.5 billion) over the next five years for the development of a new generation of more fuel efficient and lower emitting engines and vehicle technologies.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Ford Motor Company is investing $155 million at its Cleveland operations to build a new more fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 Mustang. The investment and jobs at Ford’s Cleveland Engine Plant No. The new Mustang engine is one of nine new or upgraded engines or transmissions for 2011 model Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Knittel, 2009. Honda, Toyota and Nissan rank higher than US manufacturers for passenger cars (Nissan and GMC are effectively equal), but the three Japanese manufacturers trail GMC when building light duty trucks, while only Honda surpasses Ford. Knittel, 2009. Knittel, 2009. Tags: Fuel Efficiency. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

US-based BAF Technologies , a provider of natural gas conversions for select light- and medium-duty vehicles, has entered into an exclusive distributorship agreement with UK-based T. BAF is currently converting 600 AT&T Ford E-Series vans to dedicated CNG technology in 2009. Basic OIGI system for CNG or LNG.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

Prior to his current position, Tinskey led Ford’s product planning and product management activities for hybrids and for developing and implementing the electric vehicle strategy announced last January ( earlier post ). The biggest issue with batteries now is not necessarily the technology, it’s the volume. Mike Tinskey.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The 2010 Ford Focus ECOnetic. At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford of Europe introduced the new 2010 Focus ECOnetic. We combined the proven approach of the original Focus ECOnetic model with even more detail improvements and all-new technologies. Thilo Seibert, Manager CO 2 Technologies for Ford of Europe.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Ford Motor Company has awarded Toshiba a major contract to supply electric drive motors for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Tags: Hybrids Motors. Toshiba Corporation will expand manufacturing capacity at its plant in Houston, Texas for production of the high-performance drive motors for HEV, PHEV and EV applications.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

Mountune Racing, a part of the Performance Engineering division of Revolve Technologies, captured the first British Touring Championship win for an ultra low emissions LPG powered engine in the Mountune Racing powered Team Aon Ford Focus ST. The LPG injection system and turbocharger complete the major changes from the 2009 spec engine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. Ford and Azure. The vehicle will be badged with both the Ford Blue Oval and Azure’s Force Drive logo. Battery electric Ford Focus passenger car in 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

All-new, 7-seat Ford C-MAX. Ford will launch the all-new, 7-seat C-MAX, introduced this past week at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in North America in late 2011 as a “whitespace” vehicle. The all-new, next-generation Ford Focus sedan and five-door hatchback models are scheduled to launch late in calendar year 2010 in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, pointed to the “ key role ” government policies such as fuel standards and greenhouse gas emission regulations, play in the development and support of Ford’s product and technology pathways. Ford received a $62.7 Adapted from ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies, in partnership with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, will provide 4,600 free home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles throughout the United States through the ChargePoint America program. Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. Click to enlarge. Sacramento, Calif.;

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MAY 30, 2009

Accordingly, it has been steadily increasing its capabilities with hybrid and electric vehicle technologies over the past several years. A key competitive advantage for the company, he said, is its “ ability to integrate these new technologies into the complete vehicle and to develop complete vehicle concepts for pure electric mobility.”.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Ford researchers at Ford’s European Research Centre in Aachen, Germany are investigating an innovative, new wood-plastic compound (WPC—also known as liquid wood. The new material is being assessed in a three-year project which started in May 2009. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

This marks the first time that data for CO 2 emissions are included in the annual report, Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 through 2009. EPA projects a small improvement in 2009, based on pre-model year sales estimates provided to EPA by automakers, to 21.1 mpg US (11.2

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APRIL 22, 2010

Azure Dynamics Corporation, which partners with Ford commercial truck dealerships across North America to market its hybrid technology to fleet operators, reports sales of 16 additional Balance Hybrid Electric vans and buses. 5 Balance Hybrid Electric delivery vans to Domestic Uniform Rental, to be deployed in California.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

AT&T has awarded to BAF Technologies, Inc., an order to convert 463 Ford E-250 vans to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) to be fulfilled during the second quarter of 2010. BAF was acquired by Clean Energy in October 2009.). Tags: Conversions Natural Gas. AT&T natural gas service van. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

With an official timed speed by the Southern California Timing Association at the 2009 World Finals of 323 mph and an actual peak speed of 332 mph, owner-driver Roger Lessman is excited about the demonstrated performance aspects of a more environmentally friendly fuel. Tags: Brief. The engine sounded and performed better than ever.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The next-generation Ford Focus 5-door hatchback, revealed at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. Ford unveiled its strategically important next-generation Ford Focus in both four-door sedan and five-door hatchback styles at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

of total vehicle sales by 2020, the more significant story is the rapid expansion of strong-hybrid vehicles led by Toyota, Ford, and Honda, followed by Hyundai, Nissan and others. Energy storage technology solutions for advanced vehicles by vehicle category. Source: AAB. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Green Car Congress had the opportunity recently to have a discussion with Mark Donaghy, the Global Marketing Manager for Valence Technology, Inc., Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

The combination of ENSA’s EGR cooler technology with BorgWarner’s EGR valve and controls expertise will allow BorgWarner to offer customers complete system solutions, such as an integrated EGR valve, cooler, by-pass valve, and tubes, in one package. Dytech ENSA’s annual sales for 2009 were approximately $180 million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

Royal Dutch Shell plc is expanding its portfolio in North America tight gas (natural gas produced from tight, low permeability formations) with new positions in high potential US shale gas acreage in the Marcellus shale and Eagle Ford plays. These undeveloped acreage positions are in the liquids-rich window of the Eagle Ford play.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2009

3435 , which provides $2 billion FY 2009 emergency supplemental appropriations for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program (Cash-for-Clunkers, C4C). Monthly SAAR had been below 10 million for the prior six months in 2009. The top-selling model under C4C program was the Ford Escape, according to an Edmunds.com analysis.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

An IntelliChoice.com survey finds that most 2009 US hybrid and clean diesel cars, trucks and SUVs deliver a lower total cost of ownership compared to gasoline versions of the same (or comparable) vehicles. the Ford Escape Hybrid is compared against the conventional, gasoline-fueled Ford Escape. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The loan, which originated through the Department’s loan guarantee program office, was issued as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program, a $25-billion program authorized by Congress as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. billion to Ford Motor Company. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

has signed a distribution agreement with IMPCO Technologies, Inc. Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

million) project part-funded by the UK Technology Strategy Board. Ashwoods has already delivered more than 130 of its Hybrid Transit vans, launched in 2009, to public and private sector fleets. Tags: Conversions Hybrids. million (US$2.8-million) Hybrid drive. Stop/start.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

The plan is to increase annual production by about 150% to 30 million units (150,000 cars) in fiscal 2009 from 12 million units (60,000 cars) in fiscal 2008. 7267) and vehicles of Ford Motor Co. The Volkswagen Group said that it hopes to be able to apply Li-ion technology in its first vehicles by 2010. Tags: Brief.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. The IPO represents a landmark in the resurgence of electric-car technology that most carmakers had dismissed as impractical until recently. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. by Reuters.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

Check out the new Nissan Leaf on video: You’ve got to love the fact that Nissan had balls and the vision to bank their future on full on electric vehicles, leapfrogging their Japanese competition Honda and Toyota whose timid and safe bet on hybrids has already marked them as bridge technology car makers. Really Ford?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2009

The agreement provides Turtle Top customers and dealers the opportunity to select Azure’s Balance Hybrid Electric drivetrain system on the Ford E-450 chassis. Additionally, Azure has partnered with 27 Ford commercial truck dealerships in key markets across North America. Tags: Brief.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The exhibit, which will highlight green-car technologies from across Magna’s operating units, will also introduce E-Car Systems, Magna’s newly created global operating unit that serves as an integrator to Magna’s range of electrification capabilities. In March 2009, Magna Electronics, an operating unit of Magna International Inc.,

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APRIL 23, 2009

Despite the current enthusiasm for electric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will be an important component of the vehicle mix in 2050, according to panelists from Nissan, Toyota and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a conference session at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Tags: Brief.

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APRIL 10, 2009

All purchases will be made from manufacturers with an existing contract with the GSA, which are General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. GSA will also dedicate $15 million to pilot advanced technology vehicles in the GSA Fleet. These orders will be placed by 30 September 2009. Tags: Brief.

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