Ford Motor Company U.S. sales totaled 216,267 vehicles in May, a 13 percent increase versus year-ago levels. Retail sales increased 12 percent. [...]
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Ford Motor Company hosted its annual World Excellence Awards Thursday evening honoring the company’s top performing global suppliers. Sixty-two suppliers were recognized during the 14th annual event held at Ford World Headquarters. [...] By Philippe Crowe Trucks that impose hardly any load on the environment from their emissions … Is this a dream, a future scenario, or is it possible now? It’s closer to the latter, says Volvo Trucks, which is already running successful field tests with vehicles powered by bio-DME, a fuel that can be produced from biomass [...] [...] By Philippe Crowe French automaker Renault is launching this month the Renault Z.E. Tour 2012 in the U.K. The Renault Z.E. tour will showcase the range of zero emission (Z.E.) vehicles – Fluence Z.E., Twizy and Kangoo Van Z.E – and has been specifically designed to promote awareness of the various benefits of electric motoring. read more [...] By Philippe Crowe Nissan will have a spectacular entry in this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours race. The June 16 race will feature the Nissan DeltaWing, a racecar designed to push the boundaries of performance and low fuel consumption through aerodynamics and weight saving materials. A true prototype! According to Nissan and its partners in the project, [...] [...] By Huw Evans Although the sticker price on new EVs and hybrids still causes many to balk, the idea of converting existing gasoline powered vehicles to pure electric or plug-in hybrids might appear to make sense. At Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, a team has come up with a relatively straightforward ChargeCar conversion kit that can transform [...] [...] By Huw Evans Photo credit: Lincoln County News/Michael Johnson In Geneseo, NY earlier this month, a parked Chevy Volt was virtually destroyed after being hit by a speeding Toyota Camry. The impact was so severe that it crushed the Volt’s roof and much of the body structure. The Camry, driven by 22-year-old Maura Duff, failed to stop [...] [...] By Philippe Crowe Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) CEO Martin Daum presented the new heavy-duty truck Freightliner Cascadia Evolution In Washington D.C. in the presence of U.S. government representatives and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. The Freightliner Cascadia Evolution will become available on the U.S. market next year. When compared to the current model (EPA [...] [...] |
 
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