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Ford Launching Transit Connect in US Starting This Summer; Battery-Electric Version Due in 2010

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The 2010 Ford Transit Connect. Ford is introducing the North American version of the 2010 Transit Connect light commercial vehicle at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show this week. Ford is collaborating with Smith Electric Vehicles to bring the electric Transit Connect to market in North America in 2010.

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First CNG and propane-capable 2016 Ford F-150 rolls off the line in Kansas City

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liter V8 F-150 is capable of achieving more than 750 miles (1,207 km) on combined tanks of gasoline and CNG, depending on tank size. liter V8 has an EPA-estimated rating of 22 mpg on the highway and 18 mpg combined. Transit Connect van and wagon with 2.5-liter Transit van, wagon, cutaway and chassis cab with 3.7-liter

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Ford begins production of CNG-capable F-150

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liter V6 F-150 is capable of achieving more than 750 miles on combined tanks of gasoline and CNG, depending on the tank sizes selected. liter V6 has an EPA-estimated rating of 23 mpg on the highway and 19 mpg combined. Transit van, wagon, cutaway and chassis cab. When equipped with a bi-fuel CNG/LPG engine package, the 3.7-liter

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Ford to offer 2014 F-150 with natural gas option

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liter V6 F-150 is equipped with a CNG/LPG engine package, it is capable of achieving more than 750 miles on one tank of gas, depending on the tank size selected. The Ford F-150 averages 23 mpg on the highway (10.2 In the next year, Ford will offer eight commercial vehicles with a gaseous-prep option: Transit Connect van and wagon.

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Ford Teams Up With Microsoft

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Ford Focus Electric is an all-electric vehicle, unlike the Chevrolet Volt that uses a small gasoline engine to keep the car chugging along for several hundred miles. To charge a car for 50 miles of driving might cost $1.50 Driving that far on a 25 mpg gas-engine car would cost about $6.

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Ford showcases Transit line-up powered by new Ford EcoBlue diesel at Hannover; 6-speed auto, AWD and SYNC 3

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Transit van models equipped with optional Auto-Start-Stop achieve CO 2 emissions from 174 g/km and average fuel consumption from 6.6 mpg US)—a 10 per cent reduction over the equivalent outgoing model. mpg US)—down 13% from the equivalent outgoing model. l/100 km (35.6 l/100 km (38.5 million km (3.4 l/100 km (27.3

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