General Electric has announced that it will be buying 2,000 Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrids frot its fleet. FoMoCo and GE are both teaming up to market GE’s alternative fuel infrastructure solutions to commercial customers and provide new alternative fuel vehicles for use at GE’s Vehicle Innovation Center. The two companies will also collaborate with [...]
FoMoCo has announced that it has tripled the number of dealers certified to sell its lineup of plug-in hybrid vehicles including the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid that is on sale now. “In total, 900 dealers are either certified or enrolled for certification, nearly triple Ford’s initial plans for about 350 certified dealers by early 2013,” [...]
Continuing with its Ford C-MAX Energi’s fuel-efficiency figures, FoMoCo announced today that the plug-in hybrid MPV gets an EPA-rated 620 mile range on a single tank and a single charge. It tops its closest competitors the Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid and the Chevrolet Volt, each of which return 540 miles and 380 miles respectively. “C-MAX [...]
The Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid has been EPA certified as America’s most fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid with 108 miles per gall equivalent (MPGe) in the city with a total of 100 MPGe combined. “Ford is giving customers the power of choice for leading fuel economy regardless of what type of vehicle or powertrain technology they choose,” [...]
Ford is investing $135 million in expanding its workforce and facilities in order to push out new technologies faster, allowing consumers quicker access to better fuel economy and technical upgrades and options. The workforce has been expanded to reach a staff of 1,000 engineers dedicated solely to vehicle electrification, which is the largest it has [...]
Ford has released pricing details for the company’s first production plug-in hybrid model – the C-MAX Energi. Ready to go on sale this fall, the Ford C-MAX Energi will carry a price tag of $33,745 or $29,995 after tax credit. The Ford C-MAX Energi is projected to provide you with a 550-mile total range and [...]
It may be long overdue, but Ford will sell two Prius fighters next year which, on paper seem to have their work cut out for them: the C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi plug in hybrid. Pricing is not yet in the picture, but we can report that both the conventional hybrid and the plug in [...]
So you’re in the market for a brand new vehicle and are wondering if you should pull the trigger within the next couple of days/weeks or whether you should hang on to see what new vehicles will be coming out in 2012. Lucky for you, we’ve put together a list of 37 brand new vehicles [...]
Ford announced today that it has changed up its plans for the C-MAX minivan in the United States and will now sell only the 5-seat model with either a hybrid or plug-in hybrid powertrain with sales starting. The Dearborn automaker has canceled plans to sell the 7-seat version of the C-MAX with a gasoline engine. [...]
Dearborn, Michigan based Ford Motor Company will be introducing a full electric Focus along with two versions – a plug-in hybrid and a full-electric -of its new C-MAX minivan later this year. But the company has no plans to stop electrifying there. In an article he wrote for Fortune magazine, FoMoCo Chairman Bill Ford said [...]
