Green Options » Ford Motor Company http://greenoptions.com/tag/ford-motor-company Posts tagged 'Ford Motor Company' Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Lean Manufacturing is Green Manufacturing! http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/28/lean-manufacturing-is-green-manufacturing/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/28/lean-manufacturing-is-green-manufacturing/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:31:52 +0000 Brenda Keener http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/28/lean-manufacturing-is-green-manufacturing/ One way in which today’s corporation is becoming enlightened to the fact that green manufacturing CAN equal more profitable manufacturing is through a new concept called “lean manufacturing“.   In the 1980’s, JIT, or just-in-time techniques became all the rage in management circles as they shaved costs from production by eliminating the need for high levels of inventories by focusing on using just what was needed, when it was needed.

Lean manufacturing takes this one step further and focuses on the elimination of ALL wastes in the production process.  This results in higher value to the customer, less raw materials waste, less wasted worker effort, and an overall greener AND more profitable company!

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/28/lean-manufacturing-is-green-manufacturing/feed/ Last Bailout Plea: Chrysler Needs $7 Billion http://gas2.org/2008/12/03/last-bailout-plea-chrysler-needs-7-billion/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/03/last-bailout-plea-chrysler-needs-7-billion/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:29:26 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/12/03/last-bailout-plea-chrysler-needs-7-billion/

So, finally we complete the trifecta. Chrysler says they need $7 billion in loans to stay afloat through 2009 and have pointed to the example of their ENVI design unit in leading the turnaround with the introduction of many new Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV), City Electric Vehicles (CEV), Range-extended Electric Vehicles (ReEV), and full-function battery electric vehicles (BEV) by 2012.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2008/12/03/last-bailout-plea-chrysler-needs-7-billion/feed/ Next Up For Bailout Money: GM Says it Needs $18 Billion http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/next-up-for-bailout-money-gm-says-it-needs-18-billion/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/next-up-for-bailout-money-gm-says-it-needs-18-billion/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:42:18 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/next-up-for-bailout-money-gm-says-it-needs-18-billion/ As the second of the Big Three to come wagging their tails between their legs to the US Congress, General Motors is asking for a total of $18 billion dollars to avoid imminent bankruptcy. The only problem: nobody gave them the electric car memo.

Unlike Ford, which in their tail wagging earlier today made a huge shift to focusing on electric car development, GM chose to focus their restructuring plan on the fact that they have a large number of fuel efficient vehicles (defined as 30+ mpg on the highway) already on the road. Plus, they say that by 2012 more than half of their cars will be flex-fuel capable.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/next-up-for-bailout-money-gm-says-it-needs-18-billion/feed/ Ford Unveils Accelerated Vehicle Electrification Plan, Will Produce Electric Cars by 2010 http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/ford-unveils-accelerated-vehicle-electrification-plan-will-produce-electric-cars-by-2010/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/ford-unveils-accelerated-vehicle-electrification-plan-will-produce-electric-cars-by-2010/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:11:04 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2008/12/02/ford-unveils-accelerated-vehicle-electrification-plan-will-produce-electric-cars-by-2010/

Ford Motor Company has unveiled radical new plans to start producing electric vehicles from 2010 onwards. The company will deliver an all-electric van for commercial fleet use in 2010, an all-electric sedan in 2011 and a ‘family’ of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2012.

Ford also said in a submission to Congress that full details of its ‘accelerated vehicle electrification plan’ will be announced at next month’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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