Ford Invests $135M In Green Parts For Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Ford Motor Company announced that it will invest $135 million in two Michigan factories to design, engineer and build key green vehicle parts for the next generation of hybrid-electric vehicles that go into production in 2012.

The investment will result in adding 170 jobs to its Rawsonville plant, while Engineers in Dearborn will design the battery packs and more than 50 engineers to its Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights in the next two years.

Ford would be pumping about $10 million at its Rawsonville components plant to produce lithium-ion battery packs for future hybrid vehicles, also moving its work to Michigan that is currently performed by Delphi in Mexico. About 40 new jobs will be created in the starting of 2012. As of now Ford employs about 780 at Rawsonville plant.

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Electric and Hybrid Cars Taking Off

The global market forelectric carsis ready to surge, proving skeptics wrong and leaving car companies scrambling to make them, the chief executive of Nissan told theWall Street Journal. Nissan will begin selling the all-electric Leaf sedan in December.
Nissan is trying to carve out a leadership position in the industry with electric vehicles. It plans to sell 50,00 electrics in the U.S., Japan and Europe in each of 2011 and 2012n, and then leap to 500,000 in 2013 when the Leaf will be profitable, according to the Journal.
Meanwhile Ford said it plans to make more of the components for its hybrid and electric vehicles in the U.S. as part of an effort to increase the number of low- or zero-emission models it offers over the next few years, reported the Journal. By 2020, the automaker expects that 10% to 25% of its global lineup will be such models.

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Terry McAuliffe firm buys electric car company

Terry McAuliffe is in the car business.

The former Virginia Democratic gubernatorial hopeful last week paid $20 million for Hong Kong-based EuAuto Technology, which builds an electric vehicle called the MyCar.
MyCar is for people who need wheels to run errands or tool around the neighborhood.
"It's really a second car if you live in Washington," McAuliffe said.
McAuliffe bought MyCar through his McLean-based holding company, GreenTech Automotive. GreenTech will provide MyCar with capital and access to the U.S. market.
McAuliffe said if MyCar is approved by the U.S. regulators, it could be on sale next year.
MyCar can travel 70 miles on a single charge and has a top speed of 45 miles per hour.
The MyCar is not for highway travel, and is designed to sell as a second car for families. The MyCar will be priced between $13,000 and $16,000, McAuliffe said. It will take four hours to charge.
In addition to the MyCar, GreenTech is developing four highway-ready prototypes using European technology. Three of the vehicles are hybrids and one is electric. McAuliffe said GreenTech is scouting sites in Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia for a plant where it can manufacture his product line.

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LI-ION MOTORS CORP. UNVEILS WORLD’S best an all ELECTRIC SUPERCAR - “THE INIZIO”

(I-Newswire) May 24, 2010 - Li-ion Motors Corp. (OTCBB:LMCO) www.Li-ionMotors.com manufactures emission free electric vehicle using lithium-ion batteries technology. The company will reveal its super electric car Inizio to the media and to shareholders and the public at an open house on September 15, 2010.
The Inizio is a world class an all electric super car. This super car will be manufactured in North Carolina where the company has 40,000 foot facility. With the heavy production in this electric super car; LMCO and its associated people can now think of great revenues.
This super car runs at a speed of 170 miles per hour or 272 kilometer per hour with an acceleration of 0 to 60 miles or 0 to 96 kilometers in just 3.4 seconds. LMCO’s electric car uses an advanced lithium ion battery technology. This lithium–ion battery ranges 250miles or 400miles per charge. LMCO says that with excellent power the car has a bigger cockpit than other cars for the comfort of taller customers. Li-ion Motors electric car is designed very beautifully and has a multifunction power seats that include both heating and cooling. With this LMCO offers removable hardtop stores in the car and can be raised or lowered for the ease of entrance and exit. The car is easy in handling steep curbs and driveways. All the body parts of the car designed such that it offers better quality, lighter and stronger parts.

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