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We Wish. Students design hyper-efficient "Ford Model T for 2015"

Back in June, Ford asked students at five universities to re-imagine the Model T for the 21st Century. Ford's gotten a bit of mileage out of fanciful updates to the iconic vehicle over the years, and this latest round saw the German team from the ika (Institute of Automotive Engineering Aachen) at Aachen University beat out teams from Australia, California and Michigan with a three-seat version that can be used with an all-electric or hybrid drivetrain. Aside from the EV nature of the vehicle, the best part is that this concept could be sold ... Read more →

Ford asks the college kids to reimagine the Model T Sebastian Blanco

Photo by Chefranden. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. This isn't the first time that Ford is trying to reinvent the Model T. The company developed a successor concept called the Model U, ...

Ford wonders what a modern-day Model T might be like (hint, it's an EV) Jeremy Korzeniewski

Photo: KEVIN A. WILSON, Autoweek Think that the SUV and/or CUV craze is a relatively new phenomenon? Peter Horbury, head of design for Ford in the Americas, suggests that the Ford Model T was really ...

Chrysler's Jason Vines responds to Model T mileage myth Sam Abuelsamid

The November 5 issue of the New Yorker magazine has an article on fuel efficiency and the fabled car of the future. As is so often the case, comparisons are made without providing proper context. In ...

We Wish. Students design hyper-efficient "Ford Model T for 2015" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Back in June, Ford asked students at five universities to re-imagine the Model T for the 21st Century. Ford's gotten a bit of mileage out of fanciful updates to the iconic vehicle over the years, and this latest round saw the German team from the ika (Institute of Automotive Engineering Aachen) at ...

Ford asks the college kids to reimagine the Model T 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Chefranden. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. This isn't the first time that Ford is trying to reinvent the Model T. The company developed a successor concept called the Model U, and has tasked young car designers to think about what a modern-day Model T would look like in the ...

Ford wonders what a modern-day Model T might be like (hint, it's an EV) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo: KEVIN A. WILSON, Autoweek Think that the SUV and/or CUV craze is a relatively new phenomenon? Peter Horbury, head of design for Ford in the Americas, suggests that the Ford Model T was really a crossover. He has a point, considering that the old-timer sat rather high off the ground (because ...

Chrysler's Jason Vines responds to Model T mileage myth 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The November 5 issue of the New Yorker magazine has an article on fuel efficiency and the fabled car of the future. As is so often the case, comparisons are made without providing proper context. In this case, the current fleet average for new cars, 20 mpg, is compared unfavorably to the almost ...


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