Ford EVs by 2012

TEG · Apr 1, 2009

Ford readies mix of all-electric and plug-in hybrids | Green Tech - CNET News

DDB · Apr 3, 2009

Pricing: $50,000-70,000 (OUCH)!!!

FOXNews.com - $50,000 Electric Ford Coming in 2010, 170 MPG Hybrid in 2012 - Auto

vfx · Apr 3, 2009

DDB said:
Pricing: $50,000-70,000 (OUCH)!!!

Yeah but if you add the various rebates and figure that delivery, repair and service companies buying fleets of these will save fuel and repair costs up the wazoo it might work out. Plus they get the green cred as well.

Did you know that UPS only makes right turns? :smile:

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Our entire delivery network has been re-engineered for more environmental benefit. You may have heard it described in the press as the UPS Right Turn Policy .

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We carefully map-out routes for all our drivers to reduce the number of left-hand turns they make.

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shave nearly 30 million miles off already streamlined delivery routes.
save 3 million gallons of gas, and
reduce CO2 emissions by 32,000 metric tons—the equivalent of removing 5,300 passenger cars from the road for an entire year.
And we continue to find new technologies to help make UPS a deeper shade of green.

stopcrazypp · Apr 3, 2009

DDB said:
Pricing: $50,000-70,000 (OUCH)!!!

FOXNews.com - $50,000 Electric Ford Coming in 2010, 170 MPG Hybrid in 2012 - Auto

This is talking about the Transit Connect right? Pretty expensive but it seems on par with what we know exist in terms of converted EVs (the Transit EV seems like a converted EV like what AC Propulsion does with the eBox and MINI E). Hopefully by the time the Focus EV comes out it'll be down in the $30-40k range (though realistically it'll probably be in the $40-50k range).

doug · May 6, 2009

Ford and Tesla race toward 2011 - San Francisco Business Times:

Ford Motor Co. plans to retool a factory in Michigan to start producing electric models of its Focus sedan in 2011, around the same time Tesla Motors hopes its own electric sedan will hit the market.
On Wednesday Ford (NYSE: F) said it will spend $550 million reworking the factory, in Wayne, which used to make big SUVs. It will make both electric and standard Focus cars.

TEG · May 6, 2009

So far, I recall that Tesla has suggested that they welcome more competition like this. It seems to help to validate the whole EV marketplace. Even with all the planned EVs combined it is still only likely to end up being a rather small percentage of the overall vehicle production.