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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 ...

Ford content to fall behind on PHEVs Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Ford and SoCal Edison to make plug-in hybrid announcement Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Ford unveils PHEV Ford Edge with HySeries Drive at DC Auto Show Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Ford considers building a plug-in hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ford's director of hybrid programs, Nancy Gioia delivered a speech at the Automotive News World Congress, in Dearborn and revealed that Ford is considering building a plug-in hybrid vehicle. So far, Ford's hybrid efforts have been limited to the Escape/Mariner/Tribute, although a Fusion hybrid is ...

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