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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Ford CEO Mark Fields at 2015 Further with Ford. That’s where Ford Smart Mobility comes in.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates battery cost will decline by almost 10% until 2025, when ZEVs will reach price parity with ICE vehicles. GM plans to introduce 20 new ZEV models by 2023, while Ford promises 13. of the MoU goal, followed by Oregon with 10%. Performance: Battery range has been increasing annually.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Charging infrastructure financing: Unlocking Up $4.5 Loan guarantees can be an important tool to commercialize innovative technologies because these projects may be unable to obtain full commercial financing due to the perceived risks associated with technology that has never been deployed at commercial scale in the United States.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority. CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet. The CNG-Hybrid buses are heavy duty and larger than the current light duty Ford vehicles.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. Automakers like Ford are already looking to manage customers’ home energy by extending the data platforms that they are using to track vehicle power consumption.

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EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

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EV Climate Loan: Getting the Most Out of Your EV Incentives Traditional auto lenders don’t believe EVs should be financed differently than gas-powered cars, but we do. Finance your EV for less. Not listed. How to determine if you can use the EV tax credit? How our EV Climate Loan works: Pre-qualify in minutes.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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If you’re CATL, you can sell in mass quantities to GM and Ford. I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon. It’s easier to sell to the light-duty market. It’s less time and effort. Rustam Kocher: It is. It’s called Electric Island.

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