Ford Focus News
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Thinking about trading in your clunker for a nice, new, fuel-efficient car? Take a breath; the first-week success of the Car Allowance Rebate Systems (CARS) program, better known as "Cash for Clunkers," looks to be continued at least through Labor Day. Last Friday, the US House of Representatives to vote to transfer $2 billion to the CARS program from an energy-loan guarantee fund. Yesterday, despite early opposition from Republican Senators, the Senate voted 60-37 to approve the new funding. Starting in the last week of July, the program has worked unexpectedly well both in improving gas...
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UPDATE: Cash-For-Clunkers Adds $2 Billion, Lasts Through Labor Day
As expected, the US Senate voted yesterday to add $2 billion more to the Car Allowance Rebate Systems (CARS) program--better known as "Cash for Clunkers". President Barack Obama is expected to sign it today. The vote approved a bill identical to the one passed last Friday by the US House of...
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Cash For Clunkers: The Data On Why It's Working
Who knew? Turns out Americans just needed a little nudge to visit their car dealers, but the promise of an extra $3,500 or more in incentives was enough to push car buyers over the hump and get them to trade in their clunkers. And how. As we reported Friday on our sister site TheCarConnection.com...
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2011 Chevrolet Cruze: Good Reviews for US-Bound Global Compact
We write about a lot of advanced technologies here, including hybrids, diesels, electric cars, and even natural-gas vehicles. But the hard truth is that all of those added together will be only a small fraction of cars sold in the US, even 10 years from now. Most of the green cars of tomorrow will...
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2009 Ford Focus Coupe: Sleek and Styled or Awkward and Gawky?
With Mixed Reviews We Take a Closer Look
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Ford Considering Additional Plants for Focus and Focus BEV in Asia and Europe
Ford recently announced plans to change its Michigan Assembly Plant from SUV and truck production into a plant that will build fuel efficient vehicles well into the future including the upcoming Ford Focus and Focus EV. As an update to that story, Ford has more plans in the works regarding...
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Ford Steps Up To Make Good On Its Promises
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Ford Retools Michigan Assembly Plant for New Focus and Focus BEV
Yesterday Ford Motor Company announced that they will be retooling the existing Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan. The plant's new focus will be the upcoming Ford Focus and the Focus EV. The investment from Ford totals $550 million. The plant was previously used to build the Ford...
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2011 Ford Focus To Be Built in Michigan--Including Electric Version
Ford will invest $550 million in a former truck plant to build its Focus global compact car, including an all-electric model developed with Magna International
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2010 Ford Focus: We Take a Ride and Drive With the New MyKey Safety Feature
Will Ford's New Safety Feature Change the Way Teens Drive?
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2011 Ford Focus: Would You Like a Plug With That?
Ford's Next Step in Sustainability
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Ford Announces Johnson Controls-Saft to Supply Lithium ion Batteries for 2012 Plug-in Sedan
Ford Motor company recently revealed a plan to build a c-class electric sedan for production in 2012. AllCarsElectric.com also test drove a mule prototype of that vehicle. Today, Ford announced that it had chosen the lithium-ion battery supplier. Johnson Controls-Saft of France has signed a...
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SCCA RallyCross tests the limits of the cheap commuter car
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All Electric 2009 Ford Focus BEV Test Drive
Ford made an especially strong jump on the EV scene at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show announcing that they will begin mass production of a battery-electric vehicle, yet unnamed, in 2011. I was invited by Ford to actually test drive a prototype. At this point the vehicle is based on the Ford Focus body...
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Ford Project M Electric Car Production Planned in 2011
Ford decided to get into the electric car game six months ago, being pushed into it by the wave of enthusiasm from the Chevy Volt and other concepts. They called the plan Project M. On Sunday the vehicle will be demonstrated in the body of a Ford Focus compact car. Powered by lithium-ion batteries...
Lyle Dennis