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Interview with Dr. Wolfgang Schneider, Ford of Europe

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Ecoboost is a petrol engine technology that gets more out of the same engine. Therefore we will continue to run trials, such as the Ford Focus BEV trial in London, until the price drops. Q: EcoBoost is a new petrol engine platform, can you tell us more? Wolfgang Schneider at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009. litre and 2.0

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although such vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their petrol counterparts, there is a greener option that many governments seem to have overlooked: the electric bicycle. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places.