Ford, Epri Add Seven New Utility Partners, Battery Maker To Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Program

摘要

Ford Motor has announced new details about its electric vehicle strategy, including the addition of seven utility partners to a test program to speed the commercialization of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. According to a statement from the company, "The partnerships will help Ford accelerate its electrification strategy, including bringing a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) van to market in 2010 for commercial use, a small BEV sedan developed jointly with Magna International by 2011 and a PHEV by 2012. Ford is providing Escape PHEVs for real world road testing to its new research and utility partners around the country, including: New York Power Authority; Consolidated Edison of New York; AmericanrnElectric Power; Alabama P ta-based Southern Compa Energy; DTE Energy; N and the New York State Research Development AurnEPRI, which is providing financial and logistical support for extensive new studies, formed the collaboration of utilities for the program. This allows EPRI and Ford, which first entered into a three-year agreement in March, to study regional differences and the impact on the electric grid as well as the vehicles.