Posts Tagged ‘Ford’
2009 Hybridfest Green Drive Expo: Meet Hypermiler Richard Krueger
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid
Fellow Examiner Richard Krueger is a hypermiler.
What is hypermiling you ask? It’s method of increasing your car’s gas mileage by making skillful changes in the way you drive, allowing you to save gas and thereby have an easier time withstanding the rising oil and gas prices.
Richard is so well versed in these techniques, he is [...]
Tags: Escape, Ford, hybrid, Hybridfest, Hypermiling, mpg, MPGChallenge
Hybridfest: Green Drive Expo - Ford’s Praveen Cherian
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, event, hybrid
Hybridfest Green Drive Expo has come and gone for another year in Madison, Wisc, but the feel-good aura remains.
Special thanks to Ford Motor Company for supporting the event as Ruby Sponsor.
While at the expo, I had the good fortune to meet Praveen Cherian, Hybrid Team Leader on the Ford Fusion Hybrid, who gave me a [...]
Tags: Ford, fusion, GreenDriveExpo, hybrid, Hybridfest, Madison, Matt_Kelly, Praveen_Cherian, regenerative_braking
Wayne Gerdes at Hybridfest: Green Drive Expo
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under alternative transportation, education, event, hybrid
During Hybridfest: Green Drive Expo in Madison, Wisc, Wayne Gerdes of CleanMPG.com, considered by many to be the father of hypermiling, gave a presentation about how he and his team were able to acheive over 1,400 miles on a single tank of gas in a Ford Fusion Hybrid this past April. The mpg equated to [...]
Tags: CleanMPG, Ford, fusion, GreenDriveExpo, hybrid, Hybridfest, Hypermiling, WayneGerdes
As goes California, so goes the nation….
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under legislation
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
U.S. President Barack Obama imposed tough national standards to cut emissions and increase gas mileage yesterday. Saying “The status quo is no longer acceptable,” Obama said new standards would reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the program.
Calling it the [...]
Tags: Barack, Chevrolet, energy, environment, EV, Focus, Ford, fuel, Obama, Volt
Ford’s Fabulous Fusion Hybrid
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Alright, I admit it. I have new-car envy.
As the owner of an 18 year-old two-seat roadster, I get this way when I get behind the wheel of a brand new sedan.
Such was the case last weekend when Ford handed me the keys and invited me to drive their new Fusion Hybrid from LA to San [...]
Tags: auto, car, Chevy, concept, CPM, Edge, EV, Flex, Ford, fusion, GM, Honda, hybrid, Malibu, mpg, scanguage, Sirius, Volt
US Gov’t fleet to get a little greener
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
17,600 American-made, fuel-efficient cars and hybrids will soon be entering the government fleet, thanks to President Barack Obama. Putting his money (or more aptly, your money) where his mouth is, the president plans to use $285 million in Federal stimulus funds by June 1st to buy fuel-efficient vehicles from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, including [...]
Tags: auto, Chrysler, EV, Ford, GM, GSA, hybrid, Matt Kelly, Obama
NAIAS: Ford’s Explorer America with EcoBoost
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under Uncategorized
Another exciting discovery at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) was Ford’s EcoBoost platform and the unveiling of their Explorer America concept. Dan Kapp, Ford’s Director of Powertrain Research, introduces me to this next-gen SUV and it’s performance enhancing technologies that will boost power and increase mileage while also reducing harmful emissions. Paul [...]
Tags: Car Connection, Dan Kapp, EcoBoost, Ford, NAIAS, North American International Auto Show, Paul Eisenstein