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Ford Triples Number of Dealers that Can Sell EVs and Plug-In Hybrids
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a hybrid, plug-in and all-electric vehicle war raging in the U.S. new car market right now and Ford is one of the parties engaged in it. Attacking Toyota and its Prius range claiming that its own hybrids are superior isn’t the only way the Blue Oval plans to boost the sales of its “green†fleet that by early 2013, will include the hybrid and plug-in (“Energi†in Ford-talk) versions of the C-MAX and the Fusion, and the pure-electric Focus EV.
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Ford Says C-max Hybrids Outsells Toyota Prius Plug-in And V In Its First Full Month Of Availability
Ford has taken yet another swipe at Toyota in the battle of the hybrids. The Blue Oval announced that in November, their first full month of availability, combined sales of its C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi Plug-in Hybrid in the U.S. reached 4,846 units...
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Ford Takes Another Swipe At The Prius V With La Linea-inspired Commercials For C-max
If you take a moment to check out Ford U.S.A.'s recent press releases on the new C-MAX Hybrid and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid, you will notice that the Blue Oval always finds some room to insert a reference or two…or three to Toyota's rivaling...
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Ford C-max Energi Plug-in Hybrid To Deliver 550-mile Range, More Than 20 Miles On Electric Power
Once again, the Blue Oval is on a bragging spree specifically targeting Toyota, which we don't know whether it should feel complimented or aggrieved. Today, Ford said it expects its new 2013 C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid minivan to achieve more than...
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Ford Introduces C-max Hybrids, Claims They Outperform Toyota's Prius And Prius V
Along with the Focus Electric, the Blue Oval also announced two more new models today, the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid, which Ford claims will allow operation in all-electric mode at higher speeds than any other hybrid currently...
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New High-occupancy-vehicle Lane Rules May Boost Prius Plug-in Sales In California
The new Prius plug-in will be available in the US early next year and will cost $32,780 –or $8,500 more than the non-plug-in version of Toyota’s hybrid. That’s quite a remarkable price difference even if you include the $2,500 tax...
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