FORD AND AZURE DYNAMICS COLLABORATE ON TRANSIT CONNECT ELECTRIC FOR EUROPE
- Ford Motor Company will collaborate with Azure Dynamics to begin delivering the Transit Connect Electric to European customers in late summer 2011
- Vehicle is based on the Transit Connect commercial van, a cornerstone of the ONE Ford global product vision and a proven success in Europe with over 700,000 built since its initial introduction in 2002
- Azure Dynamics will integrate its proprietary Force Drive™ battery electric drive train in the Transit Connect Electric
- The Transit Connect Electric is the first of five electrified vehicles (battery-electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles) under development as part of Ford’s global electrification strategy and all of which will be launched in Europe by 2013
Cologne, Germany, May 3, 2010 – Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation today announced that they have signed a collaborative agreement to begin delivering a pure battery electric version of the successful Ford Transit Connect van to customers in Europe beginning in late summer 2011.
Related articles
- Azure, Ford collaborate to introduce Transit Connect Electric (newstatesman.com)
- Azure Dynamics Force Drive(TM) Technology Powers New Ford Transit Connect Electric (newswire.ca)
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