Azure Dynamics announced that it has received its largest Ford Transit Connect Electric order to date. Norwegian Ford dealership, RøhneSelmer, has signed an order for a 100 Transit Connect Electric vans. RøhneSelmer’s 100-unit order adds to the 58 Ford Transit Connect Electric the dealership ordered in March of this year. The RohneSelmer order is the […]
Detroit Edison (DTE) President and Chief Operating Officer, Steven Kurmas, presented two out of four recently-purchased Ford Transit Connect Electric vans at DTE Energy headquarters in downtown Detroit. Four Transit Connect Electrics will be used by Detroit Edison in its field fleet as part of the company’s efforts to expand its use of alternative-fuel vehicles. […]
Azure Dynamics announced that the Ford Transit Connect Electric Van has received a GSA Contract Award allowing U.S. government agencies, affiliated companies and military installations to purchase the innovative, efficient all electric van. The ‘Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity’ (IDIQ) award is a four year contract consisting of a base year ending August 31, 2011 and […]
Azure Dynamics said Wednesday that Lotus Lightweight Structures, a division of Group Lotus plc, will provide assembly support for the Ford Transit Connect Electric for the European market. Lotus Lightweight Structures will be responsible for upfitting Azure’s patented ForceDrive battery electric powertrain into Ford Transit Connect gliders from its facility in Worcester, UK, beginning in […]
Ford and Azure Dynamics Corporation have confirmed their first European customer for the zero-emission Ford Transit Connect Electric van. Norwegian Post today signed a contract to purchase 20 Transit Connect Electric vehicles, with an option to order more vehicles in the future. Norwegian Post is the largest provider of mail and logistics services and the biggest […]
Nissan Canada has committed the availability of 500 Nissan LEAF EVs to Toronto Atmospheric Fund’s FleetWise EV300 and the first units will be delivered in the second half of 2011. The FleetWise EV300 initiative aims to put at least 300 electric vehicles on the road in the Greater Toronto Area by 2012, helping to prepare […]
Ford has begun shipping the first Ford Transit Connect Electric Vans to early customers in North America and to the United Kingdom for a demonstration project. The Transit Connect Electric Van is a product of Ford’s collaboration with Azure Dynamics and comes just 13 months after the two companies signed an initial technology partnership. The […]
Azure Dynamics and Ford of Canada announced today that they will deliver twelve Ford Transit Connect Electric vans to the Toronto Atmospheric Fund’s FleetWise EV300 Initiative under the LEAD customer program. As a LEAD customer, FleetWise EV300 will receive one of the exclusive Transit Connect Electric vehicles in late 2010 and will receive its remaining […]
Ford of Canada and Azure Dynamics announced today that they will deliver ten Ford Transit Connect Electric vans to Canada Post under the LEAD customer program. Canada Post will receive one of the exclusive Ford Transit Connect Electric vans by the end of this year and has committed to the purchase of nine more by […]
Azure Dynamics and Ford announced today that New York Power Authority (NYPA), the nation’s largest state public power organization, has been added to the LEAD customer program for the Ford Transit Connect Electric van. As a LEAD customer, the Power Authority will receive one of the exclusive supply of Transit Connect Electrics in late 2010 […]