Ford Gasoline PHEV Pollution 
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Ford is extending its European plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) trial to Cologne. The study, which is also testing Ford PHEVs on the streets of London and Valencia, Spain, aims to better analyse and show the real-world benefits of such vehicles for the environment and for commercial vehicle owners and operators.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. Low-range PHEVs compete most strongly against their gasoline counterparts in both countries.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. Click to enlarge. —Jenn et al.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2016
A team from Ford’s Research and Innovation Center and LG Chem’s Corporate R&D group has reported the first cradle-to-gate (i.e., the factory gate—before delivery to the consumer) emissions assessment for a mass-produced battery in a commercial battery electric vehicle (BEV)—the lithium-ion battery pack used in the Ford Focus BEV.
Plug In Partners
MARCH 3, 2008
Here is the headline and the lead: Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution By James R. gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say. The fact is that plug-ins are an important opportunity for reducing pollution. A curious story ran in USA Today last week.
Plugs and Cars
JULY 19, 2007
Simply put, the study found what advocates of electric transportation have long held to be true: as regards greenhouse gases and pollution generally speaking, the worst electricity is still better than petroleum. The use of electricity is an important attribute of PHEVs. And the grid is getting cleaner and more renewable every year.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Bill Ford on the prospects for EVs. At a media dinner at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford made some observations on the prospects for electric vehicles: “ Here we are today now, embarking upon something which is very different for our industry.
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