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Ford's New EcoLon Material Saves 4.1 Million Pounds of Carpet ...
Posted by Anil Kapur
Fri, Apr 08
Ford has been on a major mission to implement many eco-friendly concepts into their vehicles and production processes. Earlier this year after NAIAS we reported on how Ford was making it's trucks more powerful and efficient with the...
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The 7 Hottest Green Cars of 2011
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Mon, Jan 17
Fuel-efficient and electric cars were ALL the rage at the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) last week. In addition to finally greening the pickup truck, we've already talked about Ford's sexy new crossover SUV concept,...
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Ford Figures Out Way to Make Trucks More Powerful AND More Eff...
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Thu, Jan 13
Ford has finally found a way to make the most popular consumer pickup truck both MORE fuel-efficient and MORE powerful. ...at the same time ...and without magic. As I wrote at Eco-Snobbery Sucks, "The new F-150 with the 3.5L EcoBoost en...
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Ford Dazzles NAIAS With Small SUV Vertrek Concept
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Mon, Jan 10
With so many automakers seemingly playing every card they had in their hand at CES last week, I was a little concerned at what I would find this week at NAIAS. The answer...not much (with a few outstanding exceptions). One such exceptio...
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2012 Ford Focus Will Have Recycled Clothing in Interior
Posted by Anil Kapur
Wed, Dec 01
Yesterday Ford announced that the next generation of the Ford Focus (2012 model) will use recycled jeans in certain portions of the interior of the vehicle. More specifically for the carpet backing and for sound absorbtion. While I...
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Automakers Spending Hundreds of Millions to Retool Factories
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Mon, Nov 08
The big three American automakers are creating thousands of jobs and dumping buckets of money into their factories in order to meet Obama'a 2016 fuel-efficiency requirements. Late last month TreeHugger reported that Ford was investing $8...
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Fungus: The Next Wave In Sustainable Packaging?
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Mon, Sep 13
Who doesn't love 'shrooms? Their uses are seemingly endless. In fact, mushrooms may be the next big wave to crash upon the shores of the packaging industry. My friend Starre Vartan of Eco-Chick.com, HuffPo Green, and Inhabitat says, Mus...
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Ford Turns Hybrid Pricing On Its Head
Posted by Jeffrey Davis
Fri, Sep 10
It sucks that hybrids cost so much more than their gas-only cousins. Sure, you get a tax credit of some sort, but it still feels like you're being charged extra to be more responsible, doesn't it? Ford thinks responsibility should be rew...
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New Fuel Efficient Police Car by Ford Called the Interceptor
Posted by DrGreenGadget
Mon, Mar 15
On Friday, Ford unveiled its new purpose-built Police Interceptor car. It has a bunch of useful features for law-enforcement agencies, including better safety characteristics (f.ex. a side-curtain air bag rollover protection system help...
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Ford to Invest $450 Million into Michigan for Developing Hybrids
Posted by Anil Kapur
Thu, Jan 14
Ford just unveiled it's new Ford Focus and will invest $450 Million in Michigan to develop new hybrids and PHEVs! From Ford: Ford will design advanced lithium-ion battery systems in-house for the next-generation hybrid in Michigan and mo...
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