Ford Motor Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:11:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ford Giving Up on EVs? Not Quite, But They Focus on All Kinds of Technologies https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-electric-vehicle-give-up-20110307/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-electric-vehicle-give-up-20110307/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:16:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17414 One of the many things I learned in life is that people lose their dreams and never see them fulfilled just because they give up. So is the case with Ford, it seems, who is apparently a little circumspect at which technology to follow... at least for a while.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-electric-vehicle-give-up-20110307/feed/ 1 17414 Ford Transit Connect the Electric Compact Van Goes on the US Market in 2010 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-transit-connect-the-electric-compact-van-goes-on-the-us-market-in-2010-20090210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-transit-connect-the-electric-compact-van-goes-on-the-us-market-in-2010-20090210/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:03:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2212 Ford Motor Co announced the collaboration with Smith Electric Vehicles on their first electric vehicle which will be released on the US market by 2010. The electric car will be based on Ford Transit Connect compact van.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-transit-connect-the-electric-compact-van-goes-on-the-us-market-in-2010-20090210/feed/ 0 2212 Ford’s Electric Vehicle Plans Unveiled at NAIAS in Detroit https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fords-electric-vehicle-plans-unveiled-at-naias-in-detroit-20090113/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fords-electric-vehicle-plans-unveiled-at-naias-in-detroit-20090113/#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:35:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1564 North American International Auto Show in Detroit brought in sight several car companies interested in hybrid and electric cars. Ford Motor Co in planning by 2011 to implement fully electric cars that have an autonomy of at least 160 km on a single charge. Ford will also offer gas-electric hybrid cars by 2012.

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