Ford News
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Which 2016 pickup truck is the most fuel efficient?
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Free Electric-Car Charging For Ford C-Max Energi Owners (For 3 Years)
Ford is offering free charging to California and Maryland customers who buy or lease a C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid.
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Ford EcoBoost Sales Continue To Rise: 1 Million In 2015 Projected
Ford expects to sell 1 million EcoBoost-equipped cars and trucks this year.
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Four Years In, Ford Releases First U.S. Focus Electric Ad (Video)
On most American streets and highways, the Ford Focus Electric is as rare a sight as some exotic sports cars. And unfortunately, some continued rather dismal sales numbers support that. Focus Electric sales totaled 1,964 in calendar-year 2014, up only slightly from the previous year’s total...
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Ford Engine Power, MPG Figures Tested Using Different Fuels
It's all about the asterisk, it turns out. Most buyers likely assume that the conditions for rating a new car's fuel economy and engine performance are identical. For at least one carmaker--Ford--and possibly others as well, that turns out not to be the case: Different gasoline formulations are...
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2015 Ford F-150 Aluminum-Body Pickup: Mixed IIHS Safety Scores
The 2015 Ford F-150 gets mixed results in IIHS crash testing, with higher repair costs.
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The Ford F-150 uses ducting in its wheel wells to deal with aerodynamic drag from spinning wheels.
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Ford C-Max Hybrids Recalled To Fix Engine Shut-Off Problem
Ford is recalling C-Max hybrids as part of a larger recall of more than 432,000 cars.
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Ford Applies Cylinder Deactivation Even To 3-Cylinder Engines For Fuel Efficiency
Ford tests a new cylinder-deactivation system on its 1.0-liter engine.
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2015 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost: Gas Mileage Review
A popular compact sedan fitted with a tiny 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine may sound like an Eighties econobox all over again. But in fact the 2015 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost is on sale today, though we suspect its lack of an automatic transmission will discourage nine out of 10 potential buyers. And...
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Ford EcoSport Small SUV To Arrive In U.S. For 2017 From India?
The Ford EcoSport may be offered in the U.S. after an upcoming facelift.
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Why One Olympic Gold Medalist Drives A Plug-In Hybrid In Vermont
Olympic Gold Medalist Ross Powers drives a Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid.
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Ford Motor Company announced this morning that it would open its portfolio of patents related to electrified vehicles--meaning both hybrids and electric cars--to competitive automakers. The Dearborn, Michigan, company says its goal is to "accelerate industry-wide research and development of electrified vehicles." At the same time, Ford said it will add 200 additional engineers to work on those vehicles as it centralizes their operations in a new facility. DON'T MISS: Musk: Tesla Going Open Source, Lifting Patents 'In Good Faith' (Jun 2014) Ford may be the least transparent of the three...
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New Smaller Commercial Vans Do Well Due To Fuel Efficiency
You can save a lot of money by improving the fuel economy of larger and thirstier vehicles, especially if they cover lots of miles each year. That's why business owners are usually considered to be more rational vehicle buyers than retail customers: The fleet vehicles often consume twice the fuel...
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Ford Fusion Or Toyota Prius: Environmentalist's Vacation Dilemma
Carbon guilt weighed heavily on my mind as I approached the car rental counter at the Salt Lake City Airport. The book I was reading on the plane (Sustainable Energy, by David JC Mackay) suggested that my portion of the energy for the round-trip plane ride from Boston and back would amount to...
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2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost: Brief Drive Of 1.0-Liter Three-Cylinder Sedan
The 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost may be the most European car Ford sells in the U.S. It's fun, but not fast. It handles well, and has a small engine that requires energetic use of the manual gearbox to keep up with traffic. That all means that very few U.S. buyers will ever consider it, since fewer...
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Ford Transit Van Gets Add-In Hybrid Kit For Better Fuel Economy
XL Hybrids unveils a conversion kit for the Ford Transit full-size van.
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2016 Ford F-150 Offers Natural-Gas/Propane Prep-Kit Option
The 2016 Ford F-150 will get a gaseous-fuel prep kit for 5.0-liter V-8 models.
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Cutting weight can be one of the most effective tactics to increase fuel economy, but it doesn't necessarily come cheap. The 2015 Ford F-150 pickup, with its aluminum body and bed mounted on a conventional steel frame, represents a huge gamble by Ford on its highest-volume vehicle line. The company says that some models of the full-size pickup are as much as 700 pounds lighter than their steel counterparts, allowing it to fit smaller EcoBoost engines. DON'T MISS: 2015 Ford F-150 Team Fights Fear Of Aluminum Toughness, Repair, Cost But one question about the aluminum F-150--its ability to...
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Ford Patent For 11-Speed Automatic: Transmission Wars Escalate
Time was that the most gears you could get in an automatic transmission was three or four. Then came five- and six-speed automatics, which are now pretty much the standard (along with increasingly prevalent continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs). But the transmission wars have continued to...
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Ford Marks 5-Millionth EcoBoost Engine Since 2009
The 5-millionth EcoBoost-equipped vehicle to roll off assembly lines marks a significant milestone for Ford.
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Ford Hikes Cash Incentives On Last 2014 C-Max Hybrid, Energi Models
Last week, Ford cut prices on both the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of its 2016 Ford Fusion mid-size sedan. This week, the company is cutting costs for consumers in a different way: doubling its incentives to help dealers move out the last of its 2014 Ford C-Max compact tall wagons. DON'T...
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2016 Ford Fusion Hybrid & Energi Models To Get $900 Price Cut
It's well known that sales of hybrid cars rise and fall in line with gas prices. In recent months, that's led to lower sales for hybrids as gasoline falls to $2 per gallon or less in many parts of the U.S. DON'T MISS: Ford Cuts Gas Mileage On 6 Models: What You Need To Know, And Open Questions To...
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2015 Ford F-150 Has Lowest Lifecycle Carbon Footprint: Study
A research firm claims the 2015 Ford F-150 has the lowest lifetime emissions of any full-size truck.
Stephen Edelstein