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THE CAR BATTERY: FROM THE SHADOWS TO STARDOM | Ford Motor Company Newsroom

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NEW YORK, March 31, 2010 – For decades, the automobile battery was an essentially static technology, but it’s no longer being taken for granted. Battery technology is now in a starring role in the development of a new generation of electrified vehicles.
But today’s batteries are a far cry [...]

COLLABORATION IS KEY TO FORD’S GLOBAL ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE PLANS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom

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Ford’s global electrification strategy will deliver a suite of five new electrified vehicles for differing customer needs in North America and Europe by 2013 and build on the company’s overall vision of offering the widest possible range of fuel-efficient, low-emission technological solutions
The plan includes the Transit Connect [...]

AT&T BECOMES LEAD CUSTOMER FOR FORD TRANSIT CONNECT ELECTRIC | Ford Motor Company Newsroom

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St. Louis, Mo., March 9, 2010 – Azure Dynamics Corporation today announced AT&T has agreed to purchase two of the first Ford Transit Connect Electric vans, the latest addition to AT&T’s growing fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles.
The Ford Transit Connect Electric — the all-electric version of the 2010 [...]

FORD TRANSIT CONNECT ELECTRIC COMMERCIAL VAN HELPS FLEET CUSTOMERS GO COMPLETELY GAS-FREE | Ford Motor Company Newsroom

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Ford Transit Connect Electric, a pure electric-powered version of the award-winning Transit Connect small van, goes into production in late 2010
Ford is collaborating with Azure Dynamics Corporation to upfit the Transit Connect Electric with Azure’s Force Drive™ battery electric powertrain and Johnson Controls-Saft’s advanced [...]