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Ford’s New Hybrid

Ford has announced it's latest in propulsion technology development, the Ford Edge with HySeries Drive. The development of hydrogen fuel cells for use within the automotive industry is a mark that Ford is innovating the industry.

Ford Edge HySeries Drive

Ford Edge HySeries Drive

The HySeries Drive powertrain is smaller, lighter, cheaper and less complex than similar systems, but that doesn't make the Edge a production reality. Ford acknowledges that fuel cells need to be far more durable than they are now, and that the lithium-ion batteries which seem to be best for the purpose are prohibitively expensive.

At a few million a pop, don't expect these to be in production any time soon. Not to mention, where is are the hydrogen stations for fill up?

Automotive article was posted on Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 at 2:02 pm and is filed under Ford, Prototypes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Ford’s New Hybrid”

  1. Ford Parts News Says:
    March 27th, 2007 at 1:34 am

    What Online Consumers Say About The Ford Edge…

    What do people have to say about the new Ford Edge? Here are some which have been posted at Yahoo! Autos.

    James From Los Angeles says:
    “Took the Edge out for a ride and ‘wow wow wow’. And all at a price for less than the imports. Now that is val…

  2. Anonymous Says:
    April 2nd, 2009 at 7:07 am

    Ford is a good car :)


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