Published:”Wednesday, December 12, 2007 DEARBORN, Michigan - Ford Motor Co expects a new generation of more powerful batteries to be on the road in hybrid vehicles in the next three to five years, a senior Ford engineer said on Tuesday. View Large The Ford Edge with HySeries Drive is the world’s first drivable fuel […]
The parallel hybrid electric vehicle uses common household current (120 volts) for charging, with a full charge of the battery completed within six to eight hours. When driven on surface streets for the first 30 miles following a full charge, the Ford Escape PHEV can achieve up to 120 mpg ‘“ roughly 4.5 times […]
By Kevin Krolicki DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co expects a new generation of more powerful batteries to be on the road in hybrid vehicles in the next three to five years, a senior Ford engineer said on Tuesday. Ford and its major rivals are all working to adapt the lithium-ion battery technology […]
In a series of brilliant public relations moves in the wake of skyrocketing gas prices, Ford offers a glimpse of things to come in auto hybrid technology. Ford has just delivered the first in a series of 20 vehicles to a Southern California Edison facility for rigorous testing. The well received news event was […]
The next logical step regarding the Escape Hybrid is to make it a plug-in vehicle, which is exactly what Ford has done. Bypassing the concept stage on the auto show circuit, Ford has built 20 of these plug-in hybrids in collaboration with Southern California Edison (a utilities company), which it delivered earlier this week. […]
The Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid, a research vehicle using high voltage, lithium-ion batteries, can deliver up to 120 miles per gallon which would mean far fewer trips to the gas station. The vehicle uses common household current (120 volts) for charging. Full charge of the battery takes six to eight hours. When driven for […]
The city’s Taxi Limousine commissioner, whose agency picks which car models can be yellow cabs, appeared in a Ford Motor Co. commercial this month, the Daily News has learned. Commissioner Matthew Daus shows up in the 90-second ad aired on Ford’s Internet site touting the benefits of Ford’s hybrid vehicles. New York is pushing […]
Besides the aluminum finished caps for the plug in socket and the fuel cap, as well as the white and electrical plug livery, the Escape Plug-In Hybrid is identical to the regular hybrid. Under the hood, it still uses the same Atkinson cycle four-cylinder engine and CVT transmission. The difference is in the batteries, which […]
Sue Cischke, Ford’s senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering; Nancy Gioia, Ford’s director of sustainable mobility, and Ed Kjaer, director of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, will be on hand for the event. Contact SARAH A. WEBSTER at 313-222-5394 or swebster@freepress.com .
Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: * * * * Despite the load, plus the extra mass (about 130 kilograms), the hybrid’s battery, electric motor and related items add to the Escape’s overall weight, the vehicle performed with sufficient vigour, accelerating briskly and cruising the highways with ease. The Escape Hybrid is the […]
