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Ford preparing to launch fumes-to-fuel at Flex assembly plant

With full production of Ford's new Flex crossover kicking off this week, the Dearborn automaker is cleaning up the plant's emissions and generating electricity at the same time. The Flex is built at the Oakville Assembly Plant west of Toronto that also builds the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. Oakville is implementing the first full scale application of fumes-to-fuel. Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from the plant's paint shop are being absorbed by carbon beads in a 2,000 gallon storage tank. The beads are then processed to release ... Read more →

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We're not speaking about fuelling your car with a new fuel but using the fumes generated by painting a car to produce fuel. The system, which is installed in Ford's Oakville plant and is currently on its third generation, converts emissions from the plant's paint shop into electricity to help power ...

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