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Ford and University Of Michigan Team to Speed up Hybrid Development

Hoping to accelerate the learning curve that will lead to a new generation of even more desirable hybrid vehicles, Ford Motor Company has joined forces with researchers at the University of Michigan. This pioneering effort, which is based around extensive virtual testing procedures, allows the teams to simulate up to 175,000 different control programs per week, a task that Ford hopes will ultimately yield results that lead to hybrid cars that deliver noticeably better fuel economy and enhanced drivability. Currently, the group is busy analyzing data from 2,500 road trips to determine how internal electronic vehicle controls could be modified to realize gains in mileage as well as making the cars even more fun to drive. Ford indicates that beyond...
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Ford Taps Nancy Gioia to Head New Global Electrification Efforts

Ford has named Nancy Gioia to the newly created post of director of Global Electrification. Formerly Ford's director of Sustainable Mobility Technology and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, North America, Gioia will lead strategy and planning for the next generation of Ford's global electric vehicle portfolio. Her responsibilities will encompass product planning and supplier partnerships as well as any future collaboration undertaken with various representatives of the energy industry and the government. "Ford is strongly positioned to accelerate its electric vehicle strategy thanks in part to the significant research we've already completed," said Barb Samardzich, vice president, Powertrain Engineering. "Nancy's unique background and experience in leading...
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New Jay Leno Show to Feature Ford Focus BEV in "Green Car Challenge"

Primo car guy and TV icon Jay Leno plans to mix business with pleasure when his new show kicks off tonight with a recurring segment called the "Green Car Challenge." In it, celebrity guests will square off against each other to see who can set the quickest lap times driving specially built battery-electric versions of the Ford Focus. According to the automaker, its battery-electric vehicle team worked with Ford Racing to create this unique zero-emissions Focus specifically for the Jay Leno Show. Unlike the production Focus BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) that Ford plans to start selling in 2011, this prototype racer has a two-piece battery pack, with one element in the cargo area and the other where the fuel tank would be in a conventional Focus...
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Ford Unveils High-Tech Turbodiesel V8 for 2011 Super Duty Pickups

Ford has taken the wraps off of what is quite arguably the world's most advanced turbodiesel engine, a 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 that's due to be introduced in its redesigned 2011 F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks. Code named "Scorpion," Ford says this tech-rich oil-burner has been engineered from the start to deliver the best-in-class power, torque and fuel economy with minimal emissions. Although it has yet to issue specifics on output specs, we're told they'll handily surpass the 350-horsepower/650 lb-ft of torque churned out by the current 6.4-liter Power Stroke engine co-developed with its longstanding diesel partner, Navistar. Unlike that engine, the new Scorpion was designed and built completely in-house and also is capable of operating on up...
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Ford Sees Common Battery Design as Key to Future EV Success

Speaking at last-week's Plug-in 2009, Mike Tinskey, manager of Ford's sustainability activities focused on electric vehicles and infrastructure, indicated that one of the real keys to moving EVs into the consumer mainstream involves getting automakers to agree on a single -- or at least a massively simplified -- design for their battery packs. Beyond resolving a host of technology and servicing issues, Tinskey says that Ford sees the move to a universal design and its resulting economies of scale as the only way to bring the cost part of the equation into line with what the consumer would be willing to pay. As a primary "controllable success factor" in the overall "Electrification Enablers" equation, Tinskey noted that: "The biggest issue with...
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