C-Max Hybrid

Ford C-Max Is Fastest-Selling Hybrid Ever at Launch

Ford’s new C-Max has become the fastest-selling hybrid ever at launch, with 8,030 sales in its first two full months on the market in October and November. This significantly outpaces Toyota Camry Hybrid’s 7,300 sales in its first two full months in May and June 2006.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/17

Ford Expects November To Be Best Hybrid Sales Month Ever

Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it predicts November will be its best hybrid sales month ever with more than 6,000 units sold.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/12/02

Ford’s Flexible Michigan Assembly Plant Makes History With C-Max

Ford Motor Co.’s Michigan Assembly Plant here is making history with each new C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid that rolls off the line. It is the only manufacturing site in the world to build vehicles with five different powertrains on the same line and the only one to build four vehicles that deliver 40 mpg or more in real-world driving.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/08

Ford C-Max Hybrid Outsells Toyota Prius v in First Full Sales Month

The new Ford C-Max Hybrid — America’s most fuel-efficient and affordable hybrid utility vehicle — is now the best-selling hybrid utility vehicle after outselling Toyota Prius v, 3,182 units to 2,769 units, in just its first full month of sales in October.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/04

Ford Targets Prius, Non-Hybrid Owners With Animated Character For C-Max

Ford Motor Co. is drawing on the popularity of a classic animated television character to establish C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid as better, more fuel-efficient hybrid alternatives to Toyota Prius v through a new advertising campaign that broke Thursday.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/04

Ford Says New Hybrid Batteries Use Less Rare Earth Metals

Ford’s third-generation hybrid system, which replaces nickel-metal-hydride batteries with new lighter, more efficient lithium-ion batteries, could reduce the company’s use of expensive, hard-to-get “rare earth” metals by up to 500,000 pounds a year.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/09/17

Ford C-Max Energi Plug-In Hybrid Runs 85 mph Electric; Hybrid Hits 47 mpg City

Drivers of the coming Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid will enjoy the auto industry’s top electric-only speed among all plug-in hybrid vehicles, 85 mph. And the non-plug-in version of the C-Max hybrid has received EPA mileage certification of 47 mpg in both city and highway driving.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/08/07

Ford C-Max Hybrid Aims For 47 MPG To Beat Prius

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that its new C-Max Hybrid vehicle is projected to achieve fuel economy of 47 mpg city, beating the Toyota Prius by 3 mpg with a base price $1,300 lower.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/07/05

Ford Begins Taking Orders for C-Max Hybrid

Ford dealers are starting to place orders for the new 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/05/17

The Ford Focus Electric. (Ford Motor Co. photo.)

Ford To Triple Production Capacity Of EVs In North America By 2013

Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday it is tripling production capacity of its electrified vehicle lineup through 2013, further boosting volumes of its all-new C-Max Hybrid and C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid, which begin production next year and adding hundreds of green auto jobs in the Detroit area.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/06/09

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