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Ford EcoBoost Fuel Economy Improvement




EcoBoost is Ford Motor's high-volume, affordable engine technology. EcoBoost leverages gasoline turbocharged direct-injection technology to deliver twenty percent better fuel economy and fifteen percent fewer CO2 emissions. ...
... "While not as flashy as the concept cars, technologies such as Ford's EcoBoost engine offer notable fuel economy improvements with near-term, high-volume potential. " ...
Via Jim Kliesch, Union of Concerned Scientists: Comments

Ford's Plans for the EcoBoost Technology: Ford will introduce EcoBoost on the new Lincoln MKS flagship in 2009, followed by the Ford Flex and other vehicles. By 2013, Ford will have more than half a million EcoBoost-powered vehicles on the road annually in North America.

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Posted by Green Tech on January 19, 2008 10:21 AM | |





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