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Review: 2011 Ford Transit Connect XLT Premium Wagon [w/video]

A Minivan For Entrepreneurs, Not Moms You are no doubt familiar with the Transit Connect, the panel van that Ford began importing from Europe in mid-2009. You've probably noticed them in your neighborhood with things like custom cakes, cable companies, cat groomers and cleaning services advertised on their flat, windowless sides. You'll be seeing even more of them soon as the Transit Connect Taxi begins replacing the Crown Victoria in taxi fleets across the country. Transit Connects are everywhere now. It turns out business owners were tired of only being offered a full-size truck ... Read More

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    Deliveries of Ford Transit Connect Electric to hit 700 by end of 2011
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    Technically, Azure Dynamics – not Ford – is the manufacturer of record for the Transit Connect Electric. That's why it's AD that's thrilled to announce that sales of the electric van are booming and that production will be ramped up to meet soaring demand. AD says that some 700 battery-powered Transits will be delivered by the end of 2011. ...

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    Ford Transit Connect CNG taxis headed to LA, Chicago, Las Vegas and St. Louis
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    The next time you hail a cab in Chicago, IL or Los Angeles, CA you could be jumping into the back seat of a vehicle that's fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). That's because in Chicago, Taxi Medallion Management will put a dozen Ford Transit Connect CNG taxis into service as part of an event celebrating the increased presence of CNG in the city. T. ...

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    Ford Transit Connect Electric joins GSA-approved plug-in vehicle list
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    Back on May 24th, the General Services Administration (GSA), which oversees two-thirds of the 600,000-plus vehicles in the U.S. government's fleet – announced that it would purchase 116 plug-in vehicles, including 101 Chevrolet Volts, ten Nissan Leafs and five Think City electric vehicles. One of the plug-in vehicles absent from that list is the ...

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    Azure Dynamics logs 27 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric orders
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    Azure Dynamics has logged 27 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric sales, including a five-unit sale to returning customer FedEx, a four-unit order from the City of Toronto, a three unit purchase made by DTE Energy and a 15-unit order from various Ford commercial truck dealers. At FedEx, the five Transit Connect Electrics – ordered through ...

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    Review: 2011 Ford Transit Connect XLT Premium Wagon [w/video]
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    A Minivan For Entrepreneurs, Not Moms You are no doubt familiar with the Transit Connect, the panel van that Ford began importing from Europe in mid-2009. You've probably noticed them in your neighborhood with things like custom cakes, cable companies, cat groomers and cleaning services advertised on their flat, windowless sides. You'll be seeing even ...

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    Azure Dynamics selects Lotus for Transit Connect Electric upfits in Europe
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    On Tuesday, Ford announced that it had signed a deal to deliver 20 Transit Connect Electrics to the Norwegian Post. Two days after that, Azure Dynamics, the automotive firm that supplies the Connect's ForceDrive electric powertrain, revealed that Lotus Lightweight Structures, a division of Lotus Cars, will tackle the task of electrifying Transits for the ...

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    Norwegian Post orders 20 Ford Transit Connect Electrics
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    The Norwegian Post has become the first European customer to place an order for the Ford Transit Connect Electric. The company has signed a contract to purchase 20 of Ford's eco-friendly vans, which will arrive equipped for postal duties sometime this summer. The Transit Connect Electric features Azure Dynamics' proprietary Force Drive powertrain with a ...

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    Video: Ford contrasts EVs, hybrids, PHEVs with animation
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    Ever wonder what differentiates a gas-electric hybrid from a pure battery-powered vehicle? Probably not, but maybe you're perplexed about what actual features distinguish a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) from a battery-powered car that plugs in. While we're fairly certain that most of our regular readers have a thorough understanding of the ...

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    Chicago taxi company orders 12 CNG-fueled Ford Transit Connects
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    Last February, Ford announced the availability of a taxi package for its Transit Connect. The Transit Connect Taxi, purchasable with either a standard gasoline engine or prepped for the conversion to propane or natural gas fuel systems, is expected to slowly replace many of the traditional Crown Victorias that serve taxi duty across much of the nation, ...

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    Ford investing $400M in Kansas City plant for unnamed new car
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    Ford has announced plans to invest $400 million in its Kansas City Assembly plant in Missouri. The company is shifting production of the Escape from that facility to its Louisville, Kentucky plant, which will open up a line for an unnamed model. There's some indication that the FoMoCo crew is planning to build the Transit Connect alongside the F-150 at ...

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