TomServo92 Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_sallad Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Link awesome, thanks for the link. Li-ion is obviously the way forward for the next couple decades, just gotta make em cheaper! Whoever figures out how to make cheap li-ion batteries wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundassault Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Ford is really showing who they are......Its as almost as if the whiz kids are back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Ford is really showing who they are......Its as almost as if the whiz kids are back :D I was thinking more like it's the bizarro world whiz kid scenario. Hank the deuce didn't fire himself, and he hired a bunch of other people. Bill Ford fired himself, and so far the only major hire besides Mulally is Farley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battyr Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Ford’s first electric vehicle will be a BEV version of its Transit van, set to hit the market in 2010. The Transit is slated to use next-generation lithium-ion batteries. Following the launch of the Transit EV, Ford is expected to launch a number of other battery-powered vehicles, along with next-generation hybrid vehicles. Ford says its lithium-ion batteries will be 5 percent more efficient that its current crop of nickel-metal hydride, and will also be 30 percent cheaper to produce. This is good to hear. I assume the 5% more efficiency is in a hybrid application and means it has more power. Goes faster on electric only and takes more power from regenerative braking. Or maybe it just a lot lighter. Best part is the 30% cheaper part. Could mean a $2000 off the cost of the Fusion hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 If they can break away from their current battery supplier base that would be a huge step forward in increasing their share of the hybrid market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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