Ford News

Ford's first all-electric passenger vehicle, the 2012 Focus Electric, has just received its list of initial launch markets. Totaling 19 cities in all, the vehicle will roll out across the country with Nissan LEAF-like targets for range and performance. Ford says the Focus Electric will be shooting...

Car assembly will never be the cleanest of processes, despite the efforts of people like Gordon Murray whose i-Stream production method for his T25 and T27 microcars is said to reduce the energy of car production by as much as 80 percent. Still, some companies do make the effort to bring down the...

Ever wonder if you can still get a car with roll-up windows? For those of you that have only ever know electric windows, we are talking about manual windows. Most people attribute manual windows to economy cars now, but the truth is that even in the economy segment mostly come with electric...

When you think of small and affordable cars, responsive handling might not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, it turns out that just because a car is small or reasonably priced doesn’t mean that those looking to purchase them are less spirited in their driving. This is where the...

October is the month of electric-car media this year, with major press rollouts and lots of coverage of both the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Next year, several more electric cars arrive on the U.S. market. One is the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, and yesterday, Ford discussed volume...

You really do have to chuckle at the amount of communication one can have in this era. The irony is that it might all be with the aid of a computer of some shape or form. Ford has really tapped into this concept of social media, as we mentioned in our earlier article today about their Scribd.com...

If you are in the market for a small car, but still want some of the comforts and whiz-bang features of a more expensive luxury car, then Ford may have just what you are looking for. Ford has published through Twitter via Scribd.com a Focus Technology Rebate program. All you have to do is print it...

New York City has one of the best mass transit systems of any major metropolis. But the City itself is still noisy, polluted and congested. The first two may soon be eased, thanks to continuing work from New York’s Power Authority (NYPA), which showcased a range of all-electric and hybrid...

Electric cars need to be recharged, obviously. How car companies choose to provide the all-new equipment to do that varies significantly among makers. For its upcoming 2012 Ford Focus Electric, Ford just jumped out ahead of the car to announce that it will provide what it calls a "convenience cord"...

If you are fans of The Amazing Race, then you are going to have to mark your calendars for the debut of a new kind of reality television series from the same creators. Ford announced this week that they are teaming up with the creators of The Amazing Race — Bertram van Munster and Elise...

Since launching the Ford Escape Hybrid in 2004, Ford has confined sales of its hybrid-electric vehicles to North America. But that's about to change. In European markets, where up to 50 percent of new cars are fitted with high-efficiency diesel engines, Ford has focused its efforts over the last...

This year has been full of excitement for Ford, especially with the much-anticipated launch of the 2011 Ford Fiesta. Quite a car it is too, but now we are setting our sights on the Fiesta’s next of kin, the 2012 Ford Focus. According to the press release from Ford, the all-new for 2012 Ford...

One of the most coveted awards in the North American automotive industry is the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards. Since we can’t get enough of small cars here at AllSmallCars.com, it was a pleasant surprise to see both the 2011 Nissan LEAF and the 2011 Ford Fiesta on the short...

Ford announced today that it will partner with Texas utility giant Oncor to prepare the northern region of the state for electric vehicles (EVs). The collaboration will range from consumer education to working behind-the-scenes to gather data and prepare the grid for EVs. The automaker announced a...

The term "hatchback" has long been considered poison in Detroit, an indicator of a slow, cheap, tinny, undesirable econobox. (And when's the last time you heard "econobox," for that matter?) No one wants 'em, says the conventional wisdom. But conventional wisdom may be getting knocked upside the...

We've written before about just how worried automakers are at proposals by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the ethanol content of pump gasoline from 10 to 12 or even 15 percent. They fear it will damage older cars whose engines and fuel systems were never designed to handle...

The overall carbon footprint of a vehicle is more than 90 percent composed of the fuel used to move it around, but manufacturing plays a role too. Many automakers are quietly working to include more renewable materials into a product that's largely made of metal, plastic, and glass. The latest...

If you're a Twitter user, you may have noticed that carmakers are starting to tweet big-time. And it's not just regurgitated marketing propaganda either. The @Ford account just tweeted the following, which intrigued us: @Ford: In 1953, Ford produced its 40-millionth U.S.-built vehicle. We're still...

As electric cars start to increase in power and range, so do the stresses and requirements placed on their oh so vital batteries. Most automakers have chosen to stick with lithium-ion batteries to power their new generation of electric vehicles and one of the crucial factors determining the...

A couple of weeks back, I received an invite to visit Argonne National Laboratory in suburban Chicago. The lab spends a fair amount of time on transportation research--up to 10 percent of what the lab does revolves around transportation--as it looks towards the future of fuels used to power the...