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,” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What’s the difference between a hybrid, an electric-vehicle and a plug-in hybrid? As the electrification process to make its way into mainstream vehicles many consumers are looking for information to understand how the new technologies work and which is right for them. Ford has put together this short, easy to understand animation on the difference [...]
Ford announced today that its Valencia plant in Spain will build the company’s first hybrid models for European customers with two versions of the all new Ford C-MAX compact minivans that will be launched in 2013. The first will be a full hybrid electric vehicle, while the second will be a plug-in hybrid vehicle. “The [...]
