Items Tagged with "Ford Motor"

Corporate renewable energy purchases taking hold in Michigan

Michigan is in the news today because U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' upset former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election primary in the state, but Michigan is also getting noticed for its moves to facilitate corporate renewable energy purchases.Smart Energy Decisions repo Read More...

Ford testing new foams, plastics that use captured CO2

Though the two most common paths for manufacturers to reduce CO2 emissions are energy efficiency and renewable energy sourcing, Ford Motor Co. may have found an additional one in changing the makeup of its materials. The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker recently said it is te Read More...

Ford enters $5.7M energy savings contract for plant HVAC optimization

Ford Motor Co. has entered into a $5.7 million energy savings performance contract intended to optimize the HVAC system at one of its transmission plants.The energy efficiency initiative rolls into the automakers broader five-year goal to improve operational energy use Read More...

Purdue Invents Faster EV Charging System

Purdue University engineers invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes or about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank.Current chargers on the market are limited in how quickly they can charge an EV& Read More...