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Tanfield Group comments on end of Ford Transit Connect BEV deal
green.autoblog.com - 11/1/2009
Tanfield Group comments on end of Ford Transit Connect BEV deal
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Ford Transit Connect BEV - click above for high-res image gallery We learned from Ford on Friday that it and Smith Electric Vehicles had mutually agreed to terminate their partnership to produce the Transit Connect BEV next year and Ford would instead go with Azure Dynamics. The ...
SEMA Preview: Ford stuffs 400-hp EcoBoost motor in '34 Hot Rod
green.autoblog.com - 10/28/2009
SEMA Preview: Ford stuffs 400-hp EcoBoost motor in '34 Hot Rod
— green.autoblog.com — 1934 Ford 3-Window Coupe EcoBoost Hot Rod - Click above for high-res image gallery Oh, how times... are changin'. Gone are the days of stuffing a Ford Racing crate motor into any and every Blue Oval show car at SEMA . It's all about the boost now... or at least EcoBoost. As part of their ... (more) SEMA Preview: Ford stuffs 400-hp EcoBoost motor in '34 ...

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media.ford.com - 10/30/2009
FORD AND AZURE DYNAMICS TEAM UP TO DELIVER BATTERY ELECTRIC COMMERCIAL VAN ...
— media.ford.com — Ford Motor Company announced today that Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD) has joined in a collaborative effort... to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect van for the United States and Canadian markets in 2010. Azure will integrate its ... (more) FORD AND AZURE DYNAMICS TEAM UP TO DELIVER BATTERY ...

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Ford sells 500,000 new Fiestas in first year in Europe
green.autoblog.com - 11/2/2009
Ford sells 500,000 new Fiestas in first year in Europe
— green.autoblog.com — Ford Fiesta - click above for high-res image gallery We still have to wait a few for... more months before the new Fiesta shows up at Ford dealerships in North America but Europeans have now had a year to play with it, as have some Asian customers. Apparently, those overseas customers are ... (more) Ford sells 500,000 new Fiestas in first year in Europe

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green.autoblog.com 10/30/2009 — Ford Transit Connect BEV - click above for high-res image gallery Ford announced a change in direction today for its Transit Connect BEV program. Azure Dynamics will be partnering with Ford on bringing its first new electric vehicle to market. Last February however, the automaker ...
Report: Sanyo To Supply NiMH Batteries For Peugeot Diesel-Electric Hybrids
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Why Ford & Smith Electric Have Called It Quits on Electric Van Partnership — Earth2Tech
Well, that didn’t last long. Less than a year after Ford Motor and Smith Electric Vehicles announced plans to collaborate on an electric version of the Detroit automaker’s Transit Connect commercial van for the U.S. market, the two companies have called it quits on the deal. Ford ...
Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS — Green Car Congress
Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. ( Earlier post .) In a trading statement issued today, UK-based Tanfield Group, SEV US’ parent, said that given the ...