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Ford Motor Company is a global automotive and mobility company based in Dearborn, Michigan. With about 203,000 employees and 67 plants worldwide, the company's core business includes designing, manufacturing, marketing and servicing a full line of Ford cars, trucks and SUVs, as well as Lincoln luxury vehicles. To expand its business model, Ford is aggressively pursuing emerging opportunities with investments in electrification, autonomy and mobility. Ford has nearly two decades of experience in electrification and today is America's top-selling plug-in hybrid brand and second best seller in overall electrified vehicle sales.
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2013
1 Aug 2013
Ford delivers best hybrid sales quarter ever
Ford Motor Company set a record for hybrid sales in the second quarter of 2013, with sales of 24,217 vehicles - up 517 percent over last year and up 15 percent over the first quarter of 2013 - as demand grows in markets across the United States.30 Jan 2013
Collaboration may lead to world's first affordable fuel cell EV
Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., have signed a unique three-way agreement to accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology.10 Jan 2013
Industry leaders team up for electric energy initiative
Ford Motor Company announced a strategic collaboration that will demonstrate how a typical American family can significantly reduce their electricity bills and CO2 footprint by integrating home appliance technology with a plug-in vehicle to achieve an energy-efficient lifestyle.2012
17 Apr 2012
Low-cost carbon fiber composites for next generation EVs
Ford and Dow team up to bring low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber composites to next-generation vehicles.2011
22 Dec 2011
DOE awards over $7 million to advance hydrogen storage technologies
Energy department awards more than $7 mllion for inovative hydrogen storage technologies in fuel cell electric vehicles.15 Nov 2011
Waste Energy Recovery from Automobiles - Challenges & Opportunities
Ford Motor Company, United States
24 Aug 2011
Ford plans to sell rooftop solar panels with electric vehicles
Ford and SunPower Corp. have teamed up to offer customers a rooftop solar system that will provide enough clean, renewable energy to offset the electricity used to charge the vehicle.6 Jun 2011
New e-mobility event is better for component suppliers
Those making subsystems, components and materials for electric vehicles gain little from meeting only the high profile electric car companies at e-mobility events. The queue is very long to supply these companies and the pricing is often extremely challenging. By contrast, a look at the big picture of electric vehicles by land, water and air reveals a huge number of often highly profitable niche applications.19 May 2011
School bus to use energy harvesting and biofuel
The Georgia Institute of Technology and the Ford Motor Company Fund are partnering on the nation's first conversion of a school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel.2 May 2011
Azure Dynamics Sells 18 Transit Connect Electric Vans
Azure Dynamics Corporation, a world leader in the development and production of hybrid electric and electric components and powertrain systems for commercial vehicles, today announced 18 Ford Transit Connect Electric van sales, including a five unit sale to Ford Motor Company to support various engineering, marketing and demonstration programs.21 Feb 2011
Ford's energy efficient Michigan Assembly Plant manufactures new EVs
Michigan has become the home of the world's first sole fuel efficient and electric vehicle assembly plant as Ford Motors overhauls the previous SUV production facility at a cost of $550 million.28 Jan 2011
Balqon pure electric truck and bus success
Balqon was started in the USA only a few years ago to provide heavy-duty electric vehicles and their drive systems and lithium ion battery packs in the face of popular perception that these industries are dominated by very large companies.18 Jan 2011
Ford and Best Buy partner to sell electric charging stations
Ford Motor Co. and Best Buy Co. Inc. will partner to install household charging stations for the new Focus Electric cars being launched in the U.S. later this year, Ford said recently.14 Jan 2011
Ford to launch electric car later this year
Ford Motor Company's all-new Focus Electric - the company's first-ever all-electric passenger car is due to be launched in late 2011. It will be one of five new electrified vehicles Ford will deliver by 2013 in North America and Europe.6 Jan 2011
Azure Dynamics announces eighth LEAD customer for Ford Transit Connect
Azure Dynamics Corporation and Ford Motor Company have announced that one of the nation's largest state utilities companies has been added to the LEAD customer program for the innovative Ford Transit Connect Electric van with a ten unit order.2010
9 Nov 2010
Can Chicago go electric?
Ford taps experts to examine opportunities, challenges of electric cars22 Jun 2010
Taiwan goes up market with EVs
Taiwan makes electric bicycles but mainly with most of the added value being in China, often by collaboration, in joint ventures with Chinese manufacturers.4 Jun 2010
Electric cars - learning from the past
In 1880, they said that the future of the car was electric. In April 2010, Bill Ford of Ford Motor Company said "It appears that the biggest game-changer will be electric vehicles."1 Apr 2010
Ford & Microsoft lead the way toward a more energy-efficient future
Ford and Microsoft announce a new solution that will make electric vehicle ownership easier and more affordable. Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading the way toward a more energy-efficient future with a new solution that will make electric vehicle ownership easier and more affordable for consumers.2009
11 Sep 2009
Nanosolar finally reveals more
The photovoltaic and printed electronics industry has been watching Nanosolar for years. Now, the company has made a series of new announcements.