Environmental Vehicles
Ford has been a major influence in the advanced technology and alternative fuel vehicle field for some time. In fact, since the 1990's Ford has sold a diverse range of cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles designed to run on an array of fuels, including hybrid electric, compressed natural gas, LPG, methanol and ethanol.
Sometimes leadership is best exhibited on the showroom floor with advanced vehicles that are also as mainstream as they come. In this case that would be the Ford Focus PZEV, a model that's more powerful, produces fewer emissions, and has better fuel economy than the Focus model that preceded it. The Ford Focus has an available Duratec 20E 2.0 liter I4 engine that's certified as a PZEV (partial zero emission vehicle) in California and certain Northeast states. It's a package that provides real-world environmental benefits without sacrificing performance; the ideal combination that Ford strives to give its customers.
Ford's 2006 model year FFV line-up:
Today, hundreds of thousands of flexible-fuel Ford vehicles like Taurus sedans, Ranger pickups, Explorer, Explorer Sport and Explorer SportTrac models are on American highways. These cars, trucks and SUV's are capable of running on any mixture of renewable ethanol E-85 fuel or gasoline in the same tank. Ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel that reduces our dependence on foreign oil, since it can be produced domestically.
Ford's 2006 model year Hybrid electric line-up:
Other Advanced Technology:
Ford aims to continue its leadership role not only with advanced technology vehicles, but also with vehicles that run on the cleanest of motor fuels, hydrogen. Ford's vehicles in the hydrogen realm are those powered by fuel cells, which electrochemically use this fuel to generate electricity that in turn, powers electric drive motors. The byproducts from this process are heat and water vapor, nothing more, so the emissions are clean. Greenhouse gases are also not produced since combustion does not occur. Ford will launch a small collaborative learning and demonstration fleet of Fuel Cell Vehicles in different locations around the globe late this year.
Along with its fuel cell vehicles, Ford has developed several demonstration units that use internal combustion engines powered by gaseous hydrogen. Based on a Focus wagon, the Ford H2RV uses a supercharged internal combustion H2ICE hydrogen engine combined with a Ford Modular Hybrid Transmission System (MHTS), which provides hybrid power to the clean-running engine. Emissions from the H2RV of all pollutants, including carbon dioxide, are nearly zero. Our E450 Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine shuttle buses are the first commercially available hydrogen vehicles in North America.
Ford has been a major influence in the advanced technology and alternative fuel vehicle field for some time. In fact, since the 1990's Ford has sold a diverse range of cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles designed to run on an array of fuels, including hybrid electric, compressed natural gas, LPG, methanol and ethanol.
Sometimes leadership is best exhibited on the showroom floor with advanced vehicles that are also as mainstream as they come. In this case that would be the Ford Focus PZEV, a model that's more powerful, produces fewer emissions, and has better fuel economy than the Focus model that preceded it. The Ford Focus has an available Duratec 20E 2.0 liter I4 engine that's certified as a PZEV (partial zero emission vehicle) in California and certain Northeast states. It's a package that provides real-world environmental benefits without sacrificing performance; the ideal combination that Ford strives to give its customers.
Ford's 2006 model year FFV line-up:
- Taurus sedan
- Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis
- Lincoln Town Car
- F-Series Under 8500 GVW (late availability)
Today, hundreds of thousands of flexible-fuel Ford vehicles like Taurus sedans, Ranger pickups, Explorer, Explorer Sport and Explorer SportTrac models are on American highways. These cars, trucks and SUV's are capable of running on any mixture of renewable ethanol E-85 fuel or gasoline in the same tank. Ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel that reduces our dependence on foreign oil, since it can be produced domestically.
Ford's 2006 model year Hybrid electric line-up:
- Escape Hybrid
- Mariner Hybrid (late availability)
Other Advanced Technology:
Ford aims to continue its leadership role not only with advanced technology vehicles, but also with vehicles that run on the cleanest of motor fuels, hydrogen. Ford's vehicles in the hydrogen realm are those powered by fuel cells, which electrochemically use this fuel to generate electricity that in turn, powers electric drive motors. The byproducts from this process are heat and water vapor, nothing more, so the emissions are clean. Greenhouse gases are also not produced since combustion does not occur. Ford will launch a small collaborative learning and demonstration fleet of Fuel Cell Vehicles in different locations around the globe late this year.
Along with its fuel cell vehicles, Ford has developed several demonstration units that use internal combustion engines powered by gaseous hydrogen. Based on a Focus wagon, the Ford H2RV uses a supercharged internal combustion H2ICE hydrogen engine combined with a Ford Modular Hybrid Transmission System (MHTS), which provides hybrid power to the clean-running engine. Emissions from the H2RV of all pollutants, including carbon dioxide, are nearly zero. Our E450 Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine shuttle buses are the first commercially available hydrogen vehicles in North America.