FoMoCo has announced that it has finalized a deal to produce an advanced lithium-ion system to power Ford’s first commercial plug-in hybrid (PHEV) due out in 2012. Ford also said that it will team up with 7 utility partners to test and speed up the commercialization of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Johnson Controls-Saft will help Ford develop advanced lithium-ion [...]
FoMoCo has announced that it has finalized a deal to produce an advanced lithium-ion system to power Ford’s first commercial plug-in hybrid (PHEV) due out in 2012. Ford also said that it will team up with 7 utility partners to test and speed up the commercialization of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Johnson Controls-Saft will help Ford develop advanced lithium-ion battery systems for its plug-in hybrids. The battery packs will be used by the 7 partners to test a fleet of Ford Escape PHEVs.
Ford said that the partnerships will help it “accelerate its electrification strategy” which includes a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) van for commercial use in 2010 and a small BEV sedan developed jointly with Magna International by 2011.
Ford’s 7 partners that will test the Escape PHEVs include:
- New York Power Authority
- Consolidated Edison of New York
- American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio
- Alabama Power of Birmingham, Ala.; and its parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company
- Progress Energy of Raleigh, N.C.
- DTE Energy of Detroit
-National Grid of Waltham, Mass.
- New York State Energy and Research Development Authority, a state agency.
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