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Ford announces electric vehicle-to-grid communications system

At a conference in Dearborn today with its utility and research partners, Ford announced a new intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications system. This communications strategy is a major component of the field test program that has been ongoing since late 2007. Ford is building 21 plug-in hybrid Escapes that are being tested with those utility partners. The new communication system allows drivers to program how and when the vehicles will be charged. Among other things, drivers can define the completion time for charging or desired charging ... Read more →

Ford could electrify 10-25 percent of its fleet by 2020 Sebastian Blanco

With Ford taking on a $5.9 billion loan from the DOE and President Obama in favor of a million plug-in vehicles by 2015, how might the money help Ford put plugs on upcoming vehicles. Ford was ...

Minneapolis and Ford want 66 electric, plug-in hybrid cars locally by 2010 Sebastian Blanco

Hey look, a plug-in vehicle partnership without Nissan-Renault. No, seriously. This time, the location is the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where local governments want to work with Ford to ...

Ford gets incentives from Michigan for EV battery development Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has granted Ford Motor Company a $55 million incentive in refundable tax credits. The incentive will come from the new Michigan Advanced Battery ...

Most important vehicle of 2009 Detroit show? I pick the Focus EV mule Sam Abuelsamid

There's been a lot of discussion in recent days about which debut was the most significant vehicle of this year's Detroit Auto Show. Most of the attention is, of course, paid to the new ...

Ford announces electric vehicle-to-grid communications system 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

At a conference in Dearborn today with its utility and research partners, Ford announced a new intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications system. This communications strategy is a major component of the field test program that has been ongoing since late 2007. Ford is building 21 plug-in hybrid ...

Ford could electrify 10-25 percent of its fleet by 2020 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

With Ford taking on a $5.9 billion loan from the DOE and President Obama in favor of a million plug-in vehicles by 2015, how might the money help Ford put plugs on upcoming vehicles. Ford was quite clear that the DOE money will be used to improve the fuel efficiency of 13 models and get them on ...

Minneapolis and Ford want 66 electric, plug-in hybrid cars locally by 2010 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hey look, a plug-in vehicle partnership without Nissan-Renault. No, seriously. This time, the location is the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where local governments want to work with Ford to get 66 electric and hybrid vehicles on the road by sometime in 2010. Other partners include Xcel ...

Ford gets incentives from Michigan for EV battery development 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has granted Ford Motor Company a $55 million incentive in refundable tax credits. The incentive will come from the new Michigan Advanced Battery Credits initiative and is supposed to help Ford push forward with its plans to introduce four new ...

Most important vehicle of 2009 Detroit show? I pick the Focus EV mule 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's been a lot of discussion in recent days about which debut was the most significant vehicle of this year's Detroit Auto Show. Most of the attention is, of course, paid to the new third-generation Toyota Prius or the Honda Insight. While both of these are important in their own way, I ...


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