By: Bob Stringham

Bob Stringham — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:30:47 +0000

I met Preveen Cherian, Ford hybrid and electric vehicle engineering leader, while he was on the road last year demonstrating go-forward electric and hybrid platforms. If I could get his ear (and the platform marketing people too), I would like to lobby for a plug-in hybrid Grand C-Max 6 or 7 passenger mini-minivan for the US market. It would give the family both an essentially all-electric short range mode (daily commuting/Mom running errands) or a longer range vehicle in the full-hybrid mode for family trips. Thus, it should find a waiting market niche here. If the 3rd generation hybrid (now including the plug-in) could show the same increment of performance optimization that we saw between the 1st and 2nd generation Ford hybrids (Escape to Fusion), that would be a very desirable vehicle/powertrain combination. Hopefully the Grand-C Max platform body would offer sufficient flexibility to accommodate the larger lithium-ion battery pack while remaining tolerably unchanged to be used for the conventional powertrain production units. Thanks for listening.

By: capt

capt — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:10:49 +0000

Solar on the house to feed the plug in hybrid. It’s coming – there will be no stopping it.

By: Randolph Planas

Randolph Planas — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:07:22 +0000

Looking to buy the first all electric from ford when it comes out this year. I’m expecting gas to go sky high again this year. I currently own a f150 I’ll never give up, but I can do with out on short local travel. I know there expensive, but I would love to see an option of solar cells on the roof to extend the range…. looking forward

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