Latest Green Car News
Ford push to meet EcoBoost demand
Ever wondered just how popular Ford’s EcoBoost technology is? Just take a look at its Cleveland engine plant. The company has added a third shift at the plant in an effort to meet demand for the EcoBoost 3.5litre engine and the 3.7litre V6 engines. EcoBoost technology (logo, pictured) has proven hugely popular with customers – [...]
Ford to bring greener SUVs to China
The Chinese automotive market is set to be bombarded with new vehicles – with Ford attempting to introduce 15 global models in the country by the middle of the decade. Now it has unveiled four SUVs that will be a part of this line-up – and they will have a distinctly green flavour to them. [...]
Ford to double China passenger car capacity
The Chinese market continues to grow in importance in the automotive sector: and this has been reflected by Ford’s decision to make a substantial investment in the area. It will invest $760million into a new assembly plant in Hangzhou, China with a capacity of 250,000 units. The plant is scheduled to be opened in 2015 [...]
Ford’s electric Focus to become NASCAR star
Ford is about to make NASCAR history this month, becoming the first to race an all-electric pace car in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the Richmond International Raceway in Virginia. The all-new Focus Electric will perform all pace car duties as part of the Richmond 400 race later this month on April 28. [...]
Ford begins roll-out of Focus Electric
The first consumers will soon be stepping behind the wheel of the Ford Focus Electric (pictured) – the battery electric version of the popular vehicle that is Ford’s first electric drive light duty passenger car. Consumer roll-out of the Focus Electric has now begun with Ford hoping to achieve more electric vehicle sales success by [...]
Ford partnership to focus on carbon fibre
As it continues its bid to make its vehicles more fuel efficient, Ford has decided to team with Dow Automotive Systems (logo, pictured) to look into the use of advanced carbon fibre composites. The two have signed a joint development agreement that will see them collaborate in several areas. A development team will look at [...]
Ford gets real with new Focus Electric competition
As Ford prepares to launch its first fully electric car, the firm announces a new reality competition run in association with Yahoo where one lucky participant team will win a new Focus Electric. Set to begin in May, just as the Ford Focus Electric becomes available across multiple US states, a new reality competition series [...]
Ford and PSA Peugeot Citroen separate
After 12 years of co-operation, Ford and PSA Peugeot Citroen (logo, pictured) have decided to go in their own direction with regards to the production of large diesel engines. Each company will develop and manufacture its own diesel engines with a displacement of 2.0litres and above as they bid to meet new regulations and their [...]
Ford puts faith in higher ethanol blends
Substantial societal benefits could be the result of using higher volume blends of ethanol, according to the Ford Motor Company. It wants to see the higher blends to leverage the inherent high octane rating of the alcohol – and this can be used to produce ethanol-petrol blends with increased octane numbers. At the moment, ethanol [...]
Ford Fusion to benefit from start-stop system
Soon you won’t have to pick up a hybrid version of the Ford Fusion (pictured) to benefit from its auto start-stop system. That’s because Ford will offer start-stop on the non-hybrid Fusion with a 1.6litre EcoBoost engine starting from the 2013 model year. The start-stop system saves fuel when the car is standing or idle [...]
