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    Ford VP: Electric-drive models could account for 10-25% of sales by 2020     1294703760

    Ford Focus Electric – Click above for high-res image gallery
    And people thought Carlos Ghosn was optimistic. Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president of global product development, has said that, within the next ten years, electric-drive models – hybrids, plug-in hybrids and ...

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    Ford VP: "Uncertainty about fuel prices has changed the mindset of customers"     1285023720

    2011 Ford Explorer Live Debut in Southern California – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The last time we quoted Ford's vice president of global marketing, Jim Farley, he uttered something like, "You can't sell a hybrid in today's market." Those words poured from Farley's mouth as he ...

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    Ford's Nancy Gioia talks up company's electrified vehicle plans     1280750520

    Jay Leno's Green Car Challenge Ford Focus EV - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Ford's director of global electrification, Nancy Gioia, spoke on several occasions at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, CA this past week and though she often reiterated the company's well-known plans for ...

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    Toshiba to build electric motors in Texas for Ford hybrids and plug-ins     1277380860

    Ford Escape PHEV prototype – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Toshiba announced yesterday that it will be expanding a factory in Houston, TX to add production of electric traction motors for hybrid and plug-in vehicles. The first customer for the new motors will be Ford, starting in ...

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    Ford pushes for 25% of its vehicles to feature electric power by 2020     1277312280

    Ford Fusion hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
    There's no denying that nearly every automaker envisions a greener future ahead, but determining just how green it will be is not an easy task. If you turn to Ford's director of global electrification, Nancy Gioia, the future of ...

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    Ford Fusion Hybrid nabs 2010 Consumers' Top Rated award     1274996940

    2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Ford continues to rack up awards with its stellar Fusion Hybrid. First came the big one, the 2010 Motor Trend Car of the Year title, and now a less well-known honor: the 2010 Consumers' Top Rated hybrid award from Edmunds.com. We ...

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    NYPD orders up 200 more hybrids from Ford, doubles size of HEV fleet     1272668220

    Imagine a police chase in Manhattan where a Ford Fusion Hybrid pulls up behind the criminal followed by a few Priuses, an Escape Hybrid and a couple of Altima hybrids. Now, think of the scenario where the criminal, driving his gas-guzzling Hummer, takes off out of the city limits on a ...

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    Ford fleet vehicles gets greener with addition of E85, EcoBoost, electric drive and so on     1272409080

    Ford Transit Connect Taxi – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Ford has a long-standing reputation as a major player in the fleet vehicle segment. Just picture the Crown Vic that all-too-often pops up in your rear-view mirror with some flashing lights or the old Taurus that was a ...

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    Report: Lincoln MKZ hybrid a low volume seller, 4,000 sounds about right     1270133640

    2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Ford unveiled its newest hybrid offering, the 2011 Lincoln MKZ hybrid at the New York Auto Show. For Ford, the vehicle will become the company's first luxury hybrid product in a segment dominated by the Lexus brand. ...

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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 gallery
    Ford 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 ...

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