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Study: Why CAFE changes could lead to larger cars, not smaller ones

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Filed under: Car Buying , Government/Legal , Technology A study by the University of Michigan shows that auto manufacturers could meet tougher fuel economy standards simply by increasing the size of the vehicles they sell. A “footprint-based” formula for calculating mileage targets was adopted when Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards were revised in 2007 . Researchers now think this could lead to bigger vehicles on the road rather than increases in fuel economy for our nation’s fleet. “It’s cheaper to make large vehicles, and meeting fuel-economy standards costs [manufacturers] money in implementing and looking at what consumers will purchase,” one of the researchers told Automotive News

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Infographic: Ford Super Duty shows off market share in the workplace

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Filed under: Truck , Marketing/Advertising , Work , Ford Use your truck for work? Chances are good, according to Ford , that truck is an F-Series Super Duty proudly wearing a Blue Oval on the massive front grille. Perhaps that shouldn’t come as too big a surprise, considering that Ford has sold 4.1 million Super Duty pickups since 1998, which, Ford is happy to point out, is enough trucks to wrap around all 16,000 miles of the Australian coast.

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Official: Plug-in hybrid Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks coming in 2013

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Filed under: Hybrid , Truck , Technology , Work , Ford , Diesel Azure Dynamics has signed an agreement with Ford , whereby the Oak Park, MI firm will integrate its plug-in hybrid technology into Ford’s F-Series Super Duty trucks. Working in collaboration with Ford, Azure’s plug-in hybrid technology will debut on the F-550 Super Duty chassis cab in early 2013. This agreement also allows for Azure to perform plug-in hybrid powertrain conversions on all available configurations of Ford’s F-350 and F-450 trucks. Azure says that roughly two-thirds of its plug-in hybrid system will be applicable for all Super Duty configurations, with approximately one-third needing to be powertrain-specific (i.e

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Report: Ford targeting up to 700-pound weight loss across lineup

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Filed under: SUV , Truck , Ford With stricter 2012-2016 fuel economy standards quickly creeping up on automakers, research and development departments industry-wide are looking for innovative technologies to improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions. But while hybrids and electric vehicles provide the largest wow factor, most powertrains in the near term will be of the internal combustion variety, so Ford is looking to shed pounds as well. TheDetroitBureau.com reports that Ford is looking to trim between 250 and 700 pounds from each of its vehicles by 2017 or 2018. That’s an impressive total given the fact that added safety measures and more technology have contributed to the bloated scale-breakers we have today, and an aluminum hood or high strength steel can only make up some of that distance.

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TRW develops electronic turn signal stalk

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Filed under: Etc. , Technology , Ford TRW , supplier of systems and components to automakers, has introduced its latest generation steering column control module for the Ford SuperDuty and F-150 , Edge / MKX and Explorer . Why is this news, and what the heck is a steering column control module? In the old days (the 1990s), a bunch of individual pieces were fastened to the steering column.

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