Ford’s (F) new Focus Electric Car and Plug-in Hybrid will be built in one of the auto industry’s greenest manufacturing plants. Ford is working with Detroit Edison (DTE) to install a 500-kilowatt solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly. The system will be integrated with a 750-kw energy storage facility that can store two million watt-hours of energy using batteries.
The renewable energy captured by the project’s primary solar energy system will help power the production of fuel-efficient small cars, including Ford’s all-new Focus and Focus Electric going into production in 2011, and a next-generation hybrid vehicle and a plug-in hybrid vehicle coming in 2012. My test drive of the Ford Focus Electric.
via Cleantech Blog: Ford Focus Electric Cars from New Green Michigan Plant.
Related posts:
- Ford shows off recharging technology of future | Detroit Free Press
- Ford, Utilities to Tie Plug-in Hybrids into Smart Grid · Environmental Leader
- Ford Develops Open Source EV Communications for Smart Meters – Solutions for Alternative Energy
- Ford Aims to Connect Its Plug-In Cars with Smart Meters by 2015
- Using solar to build electric: Ford to revamp Wayne plant with focus on sustainability
