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0Video: How Ford is using Google's Prediction API to increase efficiency 1305219360
The other day, we got word that Ford was tapping Google's new Prediction API to provide location and routing services for its fleet of plug-in hybrids and full EVs. Today, Ford's engineers are speaking at the Google I/O developers summit and they've released a video explaining how the ... -
Ford applies for patent on non-electric plug-in vehicle 1280764560
Plug-in vehicles are all the rage right now – witness the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt and Ford Transit Connect Electric all coming to market between now and the end of the year. Unfortunately, electric and hybrid vehicles carry a significant price premium over conventional models (most of the ...
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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 galleryFord'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 ... -
Ford pushes for 25% of its vehicles to feature electric power by 2020 1277312280
Ford Fusion hybrid – Click above for high-res image galleryThere'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 ... -
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 ... -
Ford could electrify 10-25 percent of its fleet by 2020 1246457880
Ford Escape PHEV - Click above for high-res image galleryWith 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 ... -
Ford content to fall behind on PHEVs 1214784240
GM thinks that it has learned the lesson not to fall behind on technology and won't make that same mistake again. It's for this reason that the Volt is such a big deal for the automaker. Depending on how the next few years play out, though, we will either look back on Ford and realize just how ...
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Ford and SoCal Edison to make plug-in hybrid announcement 1183836180
On Monday July 9, the CEOs from Ford and Edison International are scheduled to make an announcement about a plug-in hybrid project. Although no further details are available right now, it seems likely that Ford will supply some plug-in hybrid vehicles for Southern California Edison to test in their ...
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Ford unveils PHEV Ford Edge with HySeries Drive at DC Auto Show 1169552460
Click on the image for a gallery of high-res photos of the HySeries Drive Edge digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Ford_unveils_Plug_in_Ford_Edge_with_HySeries_Drive_at_DC_Auto_Show'; At the Washington D.C. Auto Show, Ford unveiled a Ford Edge equipped with the HySeries Drive power-train first ...
