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DEARBORN, MI - Higher fuel prices, increasing government incentives and more fueling stations are spurring greater interest in Ford Motor Co.'s compressed natural gas-powered Transit Connect Taxis, the automaker said.
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Approximately 600 fleet professionals had an opportunity to preview and test drive Ford’s 2011 product lineup in Detroit, along with touring the Dearborn Truck Plant at the historic River Rouge complex.
Read More →Geely agreed to pay $1.8 billion for Volvo Cars, including a $200 million note and the balance in cash. Volvo and Ford will maintain close component and supply relationships, ensuring continuity during the transition period.
Read More →Following its sale, Volvo Cars will remain an independently run company. All U.S.-bound Volvos will continue to be built in Europe to maintain current order-to-delivery times. The promise is to retain Volvo’s “Swedish heart.”
Read More →Drawing on the success of the Transit Connect, Ford Motor Company will release a battery-powered version of the commercial vehicle to help fleets lower operating costs.
Read More →Ford said it plans to expand its fleet of flexible-fuel vehicles to 50 percent of vehicle production by 2012, as long as incentives continue to encourage the manufacturing, distribution and availability of renewable fuels, and the production of flexible-fuel vehicles.
Read More →Ford's new six-speed automatic transmission will work with gas and diesel engines and will debut in the 2011 Super Duty pickup.
Read More →Two Texas-based companies - Reynolds Asphalt & Construction and TexOp Construction - have agreed to test the 2011 Ford Super Duty for six months, and will feed performance data back to Ford engineers for further analysis.
Read More →Two turbodiesels (one each from BMW AG and Volkswagen AG) and two hybrid-electric vehicles (from Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.) made this year's list by achieving fuel economy of nearly 40 mpg in the VW Jetta SportWagen TDI and up to 55 mpg in the Toyota Prius in real-world driving.
Read More →Ford introduces the auto industry's first-ever production inflatable seat belts, which are designed to provide additional protection for rear-seat occupants, often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to head, chest and neck injuries.
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