Ford C-Max Hybrid Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:14:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ford C-Max Hybrid Fuel Economy, “Not Our Fault,” says Ford https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-c-max-hybrid-fuel-economy-not-our-fault-says-ford-20130820/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-c-max-hybrid-fuel-economy-not-our-fault-says-ford-20130820/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:14:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=40844 When the growing number of Ford C-Max Hybrid owners started to complain that they weren’t getting the promised fuel economy, the blame had to fall somewhere. Of course, that means press and lawsuits and now federal involvement. Last week, we reported on the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] considering changes to its fuel economy measurements with […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-c-max-hybrid-fuel-economy-not-our-fault-says-ford-20130820/feed/ 2 40844 EPA to Update Fuel Economy Rating Method for Hybrid Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/epa-to-update-fuel-economy-rating-method-for-hybrid-vehicles-20130816/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/epa-to-update-fuel-economy-rating-method-for-hybrid-vehicles-20130816/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:42:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=40735 With recent claims by consumers that their hybrid vehicles aren’t living up to the standard set on the Environmental Protection Agency / Department of Energy [EPA/DOT] Fuel Economy and Environment label, some updating of the testing rules needs to be done. Updating indeed, as the regulation currently in use was implemented in 1970, long before […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/epa-to-update-fuel-economy-rating-method-for-hybrid-vehicles-20130816/feed/ 0 40735 2013 C-MAX Hybrid, Ford’s Best Hybrid Debut https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2013-ford-c-max-hybrid-fords-best-hybrid-debut-20121006/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2013-ford-c-max-hybrid-fords-best-hybrid-debut-20121006/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:51:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26525 Ford Motor Company’s latest hybrid offering, the 2013 C-MAX, came on the market in September 2012. Its most-direct rival, the Toyota Prius V, outsold it by 70%, which doesn’t sound like great news, but the C-MAX is off to a good start, though. In its first month, it outdid any of Ford’s other hybrid offerings on […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2013-ford-c-max-hybrid-fords-best-hybrid-debut-20121006/feed/ 2 26525 Ford Unveils Electric and Hybrid C-Max at The Detroit International Auto Show https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-hybrids-detroit-auto-show-20110112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-hybrids-detroit-auto-show-20110112/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:00:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16690 C-Max Energi and C-Max Hybrid are the latest MPVs (multi-purpose vehicles) presented by Ford at the Detroit International Auto Show. Judging from recent Ford history, it seems like the U.S. company specializes in family cars, as the wide range of options include the Ford Flex, Escape, Explorer and Edge, not to mention the Fusion, Fiesta or Focus models.

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