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0Ford invests $135 million for electric vehicle development at two Michigan sites 1274788680
Ford Motor Company has announced plans to invest $135 million into two of its Detroit-area plants, creating what the company calls a "center of excellence" for electric vehicles (EVs). The investment will be divided between the company's transaxle plant in Sterling Heights, MI and its Ypsilanti ...
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Survey: Car buyers most likely to purchase EVs from Toyota, Honda and Ford; Nissan trails substantially 1274137080
The graphical representation above really tells the whole story here, but we'll try to offer up a little extra insight anyway. Deloitte Consulting conducted a widespread survey covering several aspects of the automotive industry, and you can read the whole report here. The graph above illustrates ...
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Ford considers moving electric vehicle production in-house if demand is high enough 1271595180
Ford Motor Company's development of upcoming battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) has been, so far, an outside job. Electric versions of the Transit Connect and the Ford Focus were developed with the help of suppliers Azure Dynamics Inc. and Magna International Inc., but Ford has not ruled out ...
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Ford to expand electric and hybrid offerings to Europe from 2011 1267574220
Ford Transit Connect Electric – Click above for high-res image galleryFord has big plans for electrification of its fleet over the next decade, and while most of the emphasis has been on North America so far, Europe will be joining in on the party starting in 2011. Nancy Gioia has ... -
Ford announces electric vehicle-to-grid communications system 1250621520
Ford Focus EV - Click above for high-res image galleryAt 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 ... -
Obama announces battery grants: Big Three, Michigan, li-ion companies come out winners 1249491000
At the closed and then re-openend Monaco Recreational Vehicle plant in Indiana today, President Obama will announce exactly how $2.4 billion in Recovery Act grant money will be spent on advanced battery technologies and on infrastructure for more electric vehicles. This is a bit more than the $2 ...

