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DEARBORN, MI - For 2011, the F-150 has been completely updated under the hood with an array of new engines designed to deliver class-leading technology that boosts fuel economy, performance, and capability.

Tags: F-150, Ford

READING, PA - Penske Logistics earned additional business with Ford Motor Company by being selected as a logistics provider at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich.

Tags: F-150, Ford, Penske Logistics

DEARBORN, MI - Ford Motor Company's class-exclusive truck offerings will extend to medium-duty chassis cabs with the arrival of the 6.8L V-10 gas engine in 2012.

Tags: Ford, F-Series, TorqShift, V-10

IRVINE, CA - The Ford F-150 took the top spot in an all-new full-size pickup comparison test, 'First to Worst: Kbb.com Ranks Five Full-Size Pickups,' by the expert editors from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, a provider of new car and used car information.

Tags: F-150, Ford, Kbb.com

DEARBORN, MI - Verizon, expects to save 1.62 metric tons of CO2 each year by adding 501 Ford E-250 cargo vans upfitted with clean-burning compressed natural gas (CNG) engine packages versus conventional gas models.

Tags: BAF, CNG, E-250, E-Series, Ford, Verizon

IRVINE, CA - The Ford F-150 took the top spot in an all-new full-size pickup comparison test, 'First to Worst: Kbb.com Ranks Five Full-Size Pickups.

Tags: F-150, Ford, Full-Size Truck, Kbb.com

DEARBORN, MI - Ford announced that it will begin offering an alternative-fuels engine prep package for its 6.8-liter F-450 and F-550 Super Duty chassis cab.

Tags: alternative-fuel, conversion, F-450, F-550, Ford, Super Duty

MASON, OHIO - Cintas Corp. recently ordered 100 hybrid electric walk-in Ford vans, its first large-scale deployment of green technology, for use in its California vehicle fleet.

Tags: Azure Dynamics , Cintas Corp. , E-450, Ford, hybrid

CINCINNATI, OHIO - The new 6R140 heavy-duty TorqShift six-speed automatic transmission, specifically engineered for the new Super Duty diesel and gasoline engine will be built at the Sharonsville, Ohio plant.

Tags: Ford, Super Duty, transmission

MASSILLON, OHIO - A.R.E. offers truck owners a complete lineup of caps and tonneau covers for the new 2011 Ford Super Duty that are custom made to fit the size and shape of the new Ford's regular, extended, and quad cabs design as well as both long and short beds.

Tags: A.R.E., Ford, Super Duty, tonneau cover

INDIANAPOLIS - Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC introduced its Ride-Rite air helper spring kits for a range of commercial Ford applications, including the 2008-current Ford E-150 (not extended van), the 2009-current Ford E-150 (extended van), and the Ford Transit Connect.

Tags: air helper springs, E-350, Firestone, Ford, Ride-Rite

TORRANCE, CA - Enova Systems, Inc. expanded its all electric Zero Emissions (Ze) drive system offerings to include a Ford F-150 utility truck and Chevrolet Express cargo van.

Tags: all electric, Chevrolet, Enova, Express, F-150, Ford, Ze drive

LIVONIA, MI - Knapheide Manufacturing Company has become ROUSH Performance's newest partner to sell and install the ROUSH line of liquid propane fuel systems for Ford Commercial trucks, vans, and cutaways.

Tags: E-350, F-250, F-350, Ford, Knapheide, ROUSH

DALLAS - AT&T has an all-electric Smith Newton cargo truck purchased last year operating in its commercial fleet in St. Louis, the company said. AT&T also is buying two of the first all-electric versions of the Ford Transit Connect van.

Tags: AT&T , Azure Dynamics , electric truck, Force Drive, Ford, Johnson Controls-Saft, Newton Cargo Truck, Smith, Transit Connect