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2012 Ford Focus Electric: Small Ad Budget Due To Low Sales Of Volt, Fisker

Earlier this week, Ford announced it had signed a deal with troubled Internet content provider Yahoo to stream 10 episodes of an Internet reality show centered on its 2012 Ford Focus Electric. Called Plugged In, the show will send teams of contestants to various U.S. cities in Ford's battery...

April 13, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 24

Very Efficient Gas Engines More Important Than Electrics For 2010s

April 3, 2012 6

2013 Ford Fusion Start-Stop System Priced At Just $295

April 2, 2012 4

2012 Ford Focus Electric To Do Cross-Country Road Trip

April 2, 2012 8

Ford Transit Van, high-roof European model

New Ford Transit Van In 2013 Will Have Diesel Engine Option

It's become a staple tactic of automotive PR operations: Trickle out one factoid at a time, well in advance of an actual vehicle, and get stories each time. So here's the... March 28, 2012 by John Voelcker 2

Ford fuel cost and emissions calculator and comparison tool, for fleet use - output screen

Ford Offers Fleet Buyers Tool To Compare Total Emissions & Costs

Fleet managers are very, very rational people. Unlike many retail car buyers, they analyze vehicles without a shred of emotion, basing their decisions on lifetime ownership... March 14, 2012 by John Voelcker 1

Outline of Ford Transit full-size van, coming to U.S. in 2013, with 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine

Ford Transit Van With EcoBoost V-6 To Replace Aged E-Series

Ford has been dropping hints since December about the Ford Transit van that will replace its ancient E-Series van, still referred to by many as the Econoline. Now the company... March 13, 2012 by John Voelcker 3

2012 Ford Focus Electric: 105 MPGe, 76-Mile Range...10 Sales

It's the first battery-electric car from a global automaker, a compact hatchback eagerly awaited for years and touted by some as a revolutionary vehicle that will change the... March 9, 2012 by John Voelcker 43

2013 Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost live photos

Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Live Gallery: 2012 Geneva Motor Show

The 2012 Ford Focus is already known for good gas mileage, but now the popular hatchback has a new engine option courtesy of Ford’s latest EcoBoost engine technology... March 7, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield

Ford F-750 Class 7 medium-duty work truck, plug-in hybrid conversion by Odyne

Ford F-750 Plug-In Hybrid Work Truck: Not Your Little Leaf, Sonny

Retail car buyers have to juggle a lot of factors in choosing a car, including image, family approval, and maybe-one-day-I'll-drive-across-the-country dreams. That may... March 7, 2012 by John Voelcker

Zipcar Aims At College Students Again With Wheelz Investment

Owning a car isn't easy these days, particularly if you're a student. That's why firms like Wheelz Inc, a peer-to-peer car-sharing company aimed at college students, has... February 24, 2012 by Antony Ingram

2012 Ford Focus Titanium hatchback, New York, July 2011

3-Cylinder 2014 Ford Focus EcoBoost To Deliver 50 MPG-Plus?

Smaller, more efficient engines will be all the rage for the next 15 years, as automakers work to meet gas-mileage standards reaching past real-world averages of 40 miles per... February 23, 2012 by John Voelcker 7

With 2013 Fusion Hybrid On The Way, Ford Touts 461 Patents

The 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid is one of the more eagerly awaited green cars coming this year. With fuel economy projected at up to 48 mpg city, it improves considerably on the... February 21, 2012 by John Voelcker 2

BMW ActiveE electric car, January 2012, New Jersey

Electric-Car Buyers: Free Home Charging Stations Offered By ChargePoint

If you're thinking about applying to lease a BMW ActiveE--or of buying one of several other electric cars now on the market--you may be eligible for a nice freebie. Coulomb... February 15, 2012 by Michael Thwaite 4

2012 Ford Focus Electric Won’t Be Available Outside NY, CA Until Sept.

Back in November, we reported that Ford was planning on starting deliveries of its 2012 Ford Focus Electric to customers in New York and California before the end of 2011... February 15, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 12

Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine. Image: Ford Motor Company

Ford's 1.0-Liter EcoBoost: Focus For Europe, Fiesta For U.S.

Ford launched the latest engine in its expanding EcoBoost family at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, back in September. At only one-liter in capacity, it's the smallest EcoBoost... January 30, 2012 by Antony Ingram 13

Ford Expands EcoBoost Range, Improves Gas Mileage For Everyone

Ford’s continuing drive towards smaller capacity, direct-injected, turbocharged, fuel efficient engines continued today as it announced yet more Ford cars and trucks... January 26, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1

2013 Ford Escape, launched at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Nov 2011

Green Sound Insulation Inside Doors Quiets 2013 Ford Escape

Ask about green cars and most buyers think only of gas mileage. But there are other ways to make vehicles greener, including the use of renewable materials to replace... January 26, 2012 by John Voelcker 1

2013 Ford Escape Pricing Released, Sort Of

There’s a lot to like about the upcoming 2013 Ford Escape, including improved overall fuel economy (although we’re sorry to see the end of the Escape Hybrid), and... January 18, 2012 by Kurt Ernst