{"id":303286,"date":"2010-02-10T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/02\/10\/chicago-2010-ford-transit-electric-uses-the-force-drive\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T19:22:00","slug":"chicago-2010-ford-transit-connect-electric-uses-the-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/303286","title":{"rendered":"Chicago 2010: Ford Transit Connect Electric uses the “Force”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ford Transit Connect Electric – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nAs expected<\/a>, Ford<\/a> brought the latest (and greatest?) incarnations of the Transit Connect<\/a> utility van to the Chicago Auto Show<\/a> today. The battery-powered Transit Connect Electric was up first, perhaps because it fits so well into Ford’s strategy of vehicle electrification (see also: Focus Electric<\/a> coming next year, followed by a plug-in hybrid and a next-gen hybrid in 2012). At the very least, this is Ford’s first battery-powered vehicle, said product development vice president Derrick Kuzak.<\/p>\n

The practical and battery-powered delivery van (the standard version was named the North American Truck of the Year<\/a> this year) uses a powertrain developed with help from Azure Dynamics Corporation. Called Force Drive, the 55 kW system uses a 28 kWh lithium ion battery pack from Johnson Controls-Saft, has a 75 mile per hour top speed and can drive up to 80 miles on a charge. Will these specs be enough for customers? Praveen Cherian, program manager for the Transit Connect Electric, said in a statement that:<\/p>\n

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We’re excited about the potential for our electrified vehicles. People were a little hesitant about hybrid technology at first, but now they accept it and embrace it. We expect the same will be true of electric vehicles<\/em>.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Transit Connect Electric goes on sale in the U.S. later this year, so we’ll find out soon. More details after the jump. <\/p>\n

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Gallery: Ford Transit Connect Eletric at Chicago Auto Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos by Drew Phillips, Sebastian Blanco \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2010<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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