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Ford is expanding on previous announcements about its Transit Connect battery-electric vehicle (BEV) at the Chicago Auto Show. The company is pinning its hopes in the green vehicle market on the popularity of the Transit Connect along with the Connect Taxi. After the Transit Connect hits streets in late 2010, Ford plans to introduce an EV version of the Focus in 2011 and a plug-in hybrid in 2012. In the meantime, Ford seems to be catering to the commercial fleet market in order to build some credibility in the green ...

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The German Ministry of Transport is undertaking a $165 million initiative to put one million electric vehicles (EVs) on roads by 2020. The North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) regional government recently initiated a $21.6 million road test as part of this federal initiative. NRW officials want to see 250,000 EVs on regional roads by 2020 with infrastructure in place to ensure day-to-day commuting. The NRW’s ColognE-Mobil road test started on Monday with the delivery of 10 Ford battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to area drivers.

The ColognE-Mobil project ...

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The Idaho National Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois conduct PHEV testing as part of the Department of Energy’s Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA). Both laboratories and their public and private partners recently celebrated 1 million miles of PHEV road testing. This testing involves 204 PHEVs charging more than 26,000 times throughout North America. The AVTA program spans from 59 test PHEVs in California ...

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Ford Motor Company penned an agreement earlier this year with Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) United States to electrify its Transit Connect van for a 2010 release. This partnership came to an abrupt end this past week as SEV US decided that the Transit Connect project was not worth an ongoing investment. The automaker has decided that Ford’s production goals for this battery-electric vehicle are too modest to achieve a worthwhile return on investment. SEV USA plans to continue producing its Newton electric truck in ...

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We announced Ford’s introduction of the C-Max at Frankfurt Motor Show last week. The C-Max and other C-Models may be reaching North American consumers in the next two years but Ford is also interested in digging deeper into Asian markets. Ford CEO Alan Mulally announced plans last week to not only introduce a new model into India but also create a new production facility in China for the Focus and future C-Models. The automaker is looking to capitalize on thriving consumer markets ...

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Ford Motor Company used the recent Frankfurt Motor Show to unveil plans for its C-Model series in North America. The automaker unveiled five-seat and seven-seat versions of its fuel-efficient C-Max series for observers at Frankfurt. The Ford C-Max is slated to reach the United States by December 2011 with a global sales goal thereafter of two million units per year. Ford is relying on the C-Max platform as the basis for its next generation of cars around the world.

The heart of the Ford C-Max is a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder EcoBoost engine designed ...

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Telecommunications giant AT&T has committed $565 million to add 15,000 alternative fuel trucks, vans and cars to its fleet by 2019. AT&T plans to add 8,000 CNG-powered vans with $350 million and used $215 million to  replace 7,000 company cars and trucks with hybrids. The company already unleashed 105 hybrids and CNG vehicles in 30 American cities last summer to get this program started. BAF Technologies of Dallas, Texas is helping AT&T with the next step in its alternative fuel conversion by converting ...

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Austrian firm Magna Steyr has been designing and producing automotive parts for the better part of a century. While its past products may have been revolutionary for their time, Magna Steyr’s mila ev concept visually articulates the future of eco-friendly automobiles. The mila ev concept was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show last week as part of Magna Steyr’s presentation. Magna Steyr will work with unnamed partners to add its EV platform to auto designs that can ...

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The National Truck and Equipment Association Work Truck Show in Chicago was the staging ground for Smith Electric Vehicles’ American invasion. The SEV US Corporation used last week’s event to announce its decision to manufacture, assemble and sell all-electric trucks in the United States. SEV told attendees that a number of trucking and parcel fleets have already expressed interest in Smith EVs, showing demand among business owners for cleaner trucks.

The first project for SEV US Corporation in 2009 ...

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The Michigan State Legislature passed House Bill 6611 on December 19, 2008 to create the Michigan Advanced Battery Credits program. This program was designed by House and Senate members to keep Michigan as the center of the American auto industry as we move away from gas guzzlers toward greener transportation. Michigan Advanced Battery Credits will provide tax incentives to automakers and parts manufacturers who focus on lithium-ion batteries, all-electric drivetrains and other green ...


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