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

Green Car Congress

For the past few years, our company has actually been warning that that freedom of mobility is now actually being threatened particularly in light of four megatrends that are affecting the future of transportation. The bike folds and stores inside any Ford vehicle, where it can be charged while stowed. —Mark Fields.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. It’s easier to sell to the light-duty market. 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.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. Rebecca DeWhitt charges her electric vehicle in the driveway of the Portland, Ore., light-duty vehicle sales. Harry’s 200-unit condominium building in Minneapolis, Minn.,

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. After that, their management skills and backgrounds diverge.

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