Lithium Drive: Beijing To Fight Air Pollution By Making 40% Of All New Cars Hybrids ILC.v, TNR.v, LIT, RM.v

  Electric Cars will be the logical solution for China's pollution problems. At least with urban mobility electric cars can dramatically improve the air quality very fast. For years critics were pointing out that electricity is produced in China in large percentage by the coal power plants, the latest Party Plenum has taken the clear path towards greener electricity sources: natural gas, nuclear, wind and solar. 

  Now the only thing left out is the reliable technology to put the real electric cars for mass market on the roads. All major electric cars players are already presented in China: Nissan, GM, Ford, Toyota. Home grown BYD is making its way with electric proposition and taking the market of Electric Buses now. Tesla Motors is already selling Model S in China and there are reports that this electric car can be produced in China as well. Kandi with its concept of electric cars for rent from the vending machine is another very important development. We are talking here not only about Beijing and Shanghai, but more than 160 cities in China with population over 1 million people.

  Now China again makes the bold move into the electric space and its lithium batteries and lithium materials industry is making very big progress under the radar screens of general investors. We are following here Ganfeng Lithium and International Lithium and they are getting into the interesting development stage of this cycle now with UK promoting electric cars and China coming back in this high stake technology game with the new force.

Lithium Drive: UK Government commits to electric cars LIT, ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v

 "Electric cars are taking the world with one car at a time. Tesla Model S has made them the reality and upcoming mass market electric car from Tesla Motors will make this revolution for real. BMW i3 will challenge the urban mobility status quo this year as well. UK is destined to be the leader in Electric cars with its relatively low average range driving statistics and system of Tesla's Superchargers can do the trick. Elon Musk is the official adviser of the UK government now and we can expect that things will start moving fast in the right direction. Today we have another positive step towards real energy independence and clean air in London.

  China is literally chocking with pollution and electric cars are the obvious solution for urban mobility over there. Lithium developers are out of market favour now, but wait when investors will connect the dots again. Ganfeng Lithium is already the market leader in China in the lithium strategic supply chain and  extending its raw material base with International Lithium strategic partnership. Today's news from UK are putting new perspective to International Lithium 10 million J/V development partnership in Ireland with Ganfeng Lithium. 

  From International Lithium Annual General Meeting:

"Mr. Kirill Klip stated, "We are working to advance our Blackstairs Lithium project early in 2014 under the ten million dollar joint venture with strategic partner Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. ("GFL"). We are also working with GFL on a corporate structure that will enable the companies to move forward on the Mariana lithium-potash brine project in Argentina."

International Lithium: Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium to Raise $81.5 Mln via Private Placement ILC.v, TNR.v, LIT

"Now Ganfeng Lithium has the capital to advance its development programs with International Lithium. Once the tax loss selling will be over International Lithium should enjoy better market perception with further advance of Lithium properties in Ireland, Argentina and Canada. Ganfeng Lithium production facilities development shows China's appetite for strategic commodities for electric revolution in order to make transportation and personal mobility still possible after recent pollution scare."

CleanTechnica:

Beijing To Fight Air Pollution By Making 40% Of All New Cars Hybrids

The air pollution situation in China is serious, and it’s getting worse by the day. In an attempt to get the pendulum to swing back towards “clean,” the government of Beijing and other cities around China are taking steps to make sure that fewer new cars hit the road, and that more of those are “clean” hybrids. You can read more below, in an article that originally appeared on Gas 2.

Beijing to Slash New Car Sales, Demand 40% of Cars be Hybrids

By: Jo Borrás

China’s rapid commercial growth has led to almost inconceivable air pollution in its major cities. In the last month alone, high levels of pollution have forced China to all but shut down the northeastern city of Harbin, a major city with a population of nearly 11 million people. In addition to threatening the country’s deadliest polluters with heavy fines and, hilariously, the death penalty, Beijing is taking another step to clean its air: by 2017, a full 40% of new vehicle number plates will be set aside for “new energy” vehicles, effectively acting as a 40% hybrid/electric mandate.

In addition to the “clean car mandate” that I just invented, Beijing will take the somewhat drastic step of cutting the number of new plates it will issue. Beijing will issue only 150,000 new license plates, down from 240,000 each year now. As in the US, all cars must carry plates before they can be driven on public roads.

According to Reuters, new number plate restrictions are already in place in four Chinese cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Guiyang – with plans to restrict number plate sales in eight more cities within the next year. The policy trend has already led carmakers like GM and VW to divert its marketing and sales resources to China’s smaller cities. As long as they can still see the sky, anyway.

Source: Reuters."

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Lithium Generation: No War For Oil Required - Dump The Pump - Join National Plug In Day Today!

  We will be covering the National Plug In Day across more than 60 cities in US TODAY! Lets make it big this time! Spread the news, donate your tweet for the good cause and send your pictures @Sufiy: 

#NationalPlugInDay #NPID2012

Pictures and Videos from National Plug In Day

Electric Cars by Sufiy Blog

"As one very wise and honest  person has put it: "How to stop wars and terrorism? - Stop using Oil." We will paraphrase it here: How to Survive? - Stop using Oil - at least for transportation."

"Plug in Electric Vehicles are here! We're throwing a party across the country to celebrate on the second annual National Plug In Day on Sunday, September 23, 2012.  Search for an event in your area below.

Please register for the National Plug In Day event you will attend! You'll greatly help the cause by helping organizers to plan accordingly."

"Plug In America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association once again join forces to create a nationwide observance drawing global attention to the environmental, economic and other benefits of plug-in electric vehicles through simultaneous events staged around the country."

Peak Oil: DON'T WORRY, DRIVE ON: Fossil Fools & Fracking Lies - US House Report On Toxic Chemicals

  We welcome ALL Electric Cars on our streets, but Tesla Motors is special - it shows us that the The Future Is Here Now!

Lithium Generation: AutoBlog In deep with Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Financials, Falcon doors and the Model S

Lithium Charge: Tesla Model S Performance test drive upfront and personal

"Get Amped! This is how it should be - upfront and personal. Green Mobility Revolution which is happening now. New Personal Freedom developed by the start up and not defined by the corporate rules. Dump The Pump - now you can do it. It is not for everyone yet - it is still too expensive, but it is the beginning. 

  Why Freedom and Electric Cars - what about the cords and plugs? Just have a look from another angle. If tomorrow someone will decide to switch off Oil supply - we are all done, No Alternatives, no mobility, no food, no services. Now think the unthinkable - what if it is your own government? It is very childish, but so many are still missing the point - we are all addicted to Oil, we are hooked on that needle - this is the way to control us.

  With Electric Cars we can seriously start to talk about the distributed energy generation, Solar, Wind - other alternatives. It is the time when the real Energy Security can be achieved for the country and also on the personal level. So all die hard fighters for personal freedom with guns and Drill Baby Drill mantra, maybe it is the time to reconsider - fossils are not only among the fuels."

Lithium Jolt: Nobuhiro 'Monster' Tajima Meets Electric Tesla Model S - Wants One

"Monster" charged with Electric Tesla Model S can produce a big Flash - the guy in the passenger seat next to Nobuhiro Tajima was sweating, holding with both hands and praying! Tesla Model S is a serious piece of automotive technology - Lithium powered rocket on the wheels - and it can handle even Monster despite all its designer look and high tech pleasantries. It is a Real "Normal' Super Car - only better."

Lithium Drive: WSJ: Ford Seeks Major Growth of Electric Sales tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, lit, nsany, byddf, gm, dai, rno.pa, hev, aone, vlnc

  

  Wall Street Journal is not, particularly, a very big fan of ElectricCars, so we will take this article as a sign of time.

"China Plans 220,000 EV Charge Points and 2,351 Battery Switch Stations.  Some people have 5 year plan how to make Electric Cars the strategic industry and to be leaders in Lithium Batteries and Electric Cars. They also have more than 3 trillion dollars in Reserves and can afford Lithium dreams, by the waythey are already controlling 97% of Rare Earths market and moving fast into Lithium Supply space. These people are in China and they are busy now with new and very practical revolution - Industrial one based on Electric Cars." 

Wall Street Journal:

Ford Seeks Major Growth of Electric Sales

SHANGHAI--Ford Motor Co. aims for electric cars to account for 10%-25% of its car sales by 2020, up from just 1% currently, an official from the U.S. car maker said Monday at the Shanghai auto show.

Ford's director of Global Electrification Nancy Gioia said at a news conference the auto maker is gearing up to launch the all-new Focus Electric in the U.S. later this year and C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid in 2012.

Its plan to introduce electric cars in China follows Beijing's pledge in March to cut the country's carbon intensity—the amount of carbon emitted per dollar of GDP—by 17% by 2015.

In a statement issued earlier Monday, Ford said the company also plans to bring a demonstration fleet of new-energy vehicles to showcase in China later this year, which will feature the gasoline-electric Ford Fusion Hybrid model.

Ford's vehicle sales in China increased 19% in the first quarter from a year earlier to 140,566 units, and its sales in March rose 20% from a year earlier to 53,440 units amid sustained demand for passenger and commercial vehicles.

Ford said its passenger-car sales in China in the three months ended March 31 totaled 85,123 units, up 11% from a year earlier, and commercial vehicle sales rose 34% to 55,443 units.

On the sidelines of the auto show, Joe Hinrichs, Ford's group vice president and Ford China chairman, said he expects China's overall auto sales to grow 5%-10% this year. He didn't give Ford's target for its 2011 sales in China, but said the company's sales growth will outpace China's overall sales growth.

Mr. Hinrichs said he isn't worried about the company's slowing auto-sales growth in China and weaker overall sales growth in the country, because the current pace is more rational. China's first-quarter auto sales rose 8.1% from a year earlier to 4.98 million units, sharply lower than the 72% growth recorded in the first quarter of 2010, data from semi-official China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed.

Mr. Hinrichs also said he expects Ford's market share in China to expand steadily, but he declined to provide a target.

He said the company will continue to focus on selling Ford-brand vehicles in China in the short term, adding the company plans to introduce 15 new models in China by 2015.

Ford, which has a passenger-vehicle joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. and Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. in China, doesn't have plans for Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co. to produce vehicles under its own brand name.

However, Mr. Hinrichs said Ford is continually evaluating China's policies and market, and is open to new opportunities.

—Yajun Zhang and Stefanie Qi"

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  We have a great article on Electric Cars from Huffpost Green today. Cities in U.S. and worldwide are getting ready for the lithium charge of Electric Cars and consumers are getting closer to the iPod moment in Electric Cars.

  Every tick up in Gas price will drive more and more people into electric space. Hertz today has announced its roll out in London of Electric Cars rental scheme after New York. In another important news DOE has confirmed that U.S. is on track to have 1 million Electric Cars by 2015.

  Asia is leading the world wide electrification and controls now lithium battery production and critical materials for electrification of our transportation. In Beijing now you can buy ONLY Electric Car or you have to wait for your luck with the plates lottery! We are following here the generational Bull market in Lithium and Rare Earths and this week we have a catalyst in the making for some upcoming players in these markets.

Prominent Asian Lithium product manufacturer selects International Lithium Corp. as investment

"Our top pick in Lithium and Rare Earths is getting on the radar screens. It was a very long journey for TNR Gold and now we know why...

  TNR Gold has secured Strategic Investor from Asia and put the the delay to the sheer amount of time-leeching negotiations it had to carry out with this investor and regulators from different jurisdictions. Our guess is that the name of the Asian Strategic Investor will be disclosed upon listing of International Lithium. 

  Now, the company should announce the record date for closing, maybe after the Strategic Investor's board approval. To sum it all up, all shareholders of TNR Gold before that record date will receive units of International lithium which  consists of one share and one warrant valid for two years at 0.375CAD. 4 shares in TNR Gold entitle you to receive 1 unit in International Lithium. This is the very easy way to participate in Lithium developer IPO now with the backing from Strategic Investor. TNR Gold will hold 30% in International lithium after spin-off and has other properties in Rare Earths, Gold and Copper."

HuffpostGreen:

Starre Vartan

"25 Most Electric Car-Ready Cities, Ranked by Ford. Is Yours on the List?

I know I want my next car to be electric, and while I'm waiting, I've noticed that the EV infrastructure is slowly-but-surely popping up all over. My favorite grocery store, the Whole Foods in Darien, CT, already has a plethora of spaces up front ready to charge EVs (they aren't hooked up yet, as the store is pretty new), and in newer parking lots around the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), I've spotted charging locations or signs designating that they're coming soon.

Which is great, as it doesn't matter how much I WANT an electric car -- if the only place I can charge up is my garage, it's not going to be very practical. But as I've noticed in my drives around town in my (gas-only) vehicle, there is some serious behind-the-scenes infrastructure happening, and today, Ford Motor Company sent out a press release detailing the cities that are most EV-ready. I'm impressed with how quickly the American car company has come up with eco-friendly cars over the years (and without bailout money!) and maybe my next car will be a Ford -- after a driving lifetime of Japanese and European cars.

How did Ford put the list together? "The cities on our list are working with multiple partners including local utilities, auto manufacturers, technology companies and others to support a successful integration of electric vehicles."

Specifically, they looked at:

- advisory committee and utility partnerships

-complementing state and regional activities

-streamlined permitting processes

-utility rate structures that support nighttime charging

-regional/local incentives such as high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes

-preferred parking and tax incentives

Ford's 25 most EV-ready cities alphabetically are:

o Atlanta

o Austin, Texas

o Baltimore

o Boston

o Charlotte, N.C.

o Chicago

o Dallas

o Denver

o Detroit

o Hartford, Conn.

o Honolulu

o Houston

o Indianapolis

o Los Angeles

o New York

o Orlando, Fla.

o Phoenix

o Portland, Ore.

o Raleigh, N.C.

o Richmond, Va.

o Sacramento, Calif.

o San Diego

o San Francisco Bay Area

o Seattle

o Washington, D.C.

Other programs being developed to support electric vehicles include:

· Austin: Alternative-fuel vehicles displaying the proper alternative-fuel license plate are allowed to use the HOV lanes, regardless of the number of passengers

· Honolulu: All public, private and government parking facilities with at least 100 parking spaces must designate at least 1 percent for electric vehicles by Dec. 31, 2011

· Los Angeles: A preferred parking program allows owners of battery electric vehicles to park in designated charging spots throughout California for a $17 application fee

· Orlando: Plan to create unified signage to identify electric vehicle charging stations, which can vary from state to state. Get Ready Central Florida would like to work with the Department of Transportation to develop a national sign to help drivers identify public charging stations

· Houston: A streamlined permit process is already in place, with the local permitting office giving electricians immediate online approval to install chargers as-is or perform necessary upgrades"

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• RCR: Lithium, Rare and Minor Metals Fundamentals tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Peak Oil Transition: HSBC: Oil Will Be Gone in 50 Years tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• JX Nippon Oil To Make Lithium Ion Battery Material tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Lithium Charge: Imagining the Future of Electric Vehicles and the Batteries That Will Drive Them tnr.v, czx.v, rm.v, lmr.v, alk.ax, lun.to, tsla, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Obama's 2012 Budget with Lithium Charge: clean diesel and fuel cell funding cut, electric cars get a boost tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, li (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• US Dollar Collapse: Lithium, Rare Earths, Gold and Silver: Mary Meeker's USA Inc. Debt Bible tnr.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, nup.ax, ng.to, laq.v, bvg.c, bva.v, grc.to, amm.to, ktn.v, gbn.v, rvm.to, mgn, asm.v, sgc.v, ngq.to, btt.v, alk.ax, fvi.to, mxr.v, sgc (sufiy.blogspot.com)

Lithium Drive: Electric Vehicles for DUMMIES Video - by Ford tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc

  We were running on Oil for the last 100 years - meet the technology for the Next 100 Years: Electric Cars! Ford is moving fast now in electric space.

"Electric Cars are going mainstream and investment space around them is getting crowded. Warren Buffett is backing BYD with its lithium dreams and now guys from Google are doing their part going further after investing in Aptera and driving Teslas.

   All we need to do is to take our Energy Diet out from the Oil Needle and into the technology space - guys from the Silicon Valley will make the progress for Electric Cars smart, fast and unimaginable to us today. We need to channel all frustrations inthe corrupt financial system into the new technological Industrial Revolutionbased on Alternative Energy. Electric Cars will be a very important driver for this movement. We can not sustain our lifestyle addicted to Oil any more. Fuel Riots and Food Strikes in U.S. can be a reality with Oil pushing people into the corner. Stop the Oil Servitude and do your part - now you have the choice."

"These days we have seen the future of the peak Oil Society. Oil production in Libya is not more than 2% of the global oil production per day. We can see the disruption and strain on the oil market even with such low fraction of the global production of oil being taken out from the market. Oil has spiked above 100 $/b for Crude yesterday. Europeans are paying more than 100 $/b for Brent for weeks now.

  Electric Cars are the future and they are ready to go  now. James Cameron knows thing or two about the future and "it is the best choice out there now for sustainability and transportation."

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• Lithium Drive: Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid is Three Cars in One tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Peak Oil: End of Empire: Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia - It was all about Oil tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
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• Lithium Drive: BMW i. Born Electric tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Lithium Drive: Electric Cars Charge into the Future tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, lit, nsany, byddf, gm, dai, rno.pa, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Lithium Drive: Electric Cars Economics 101: GOOD Transparency: Electric Vehicles tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, lit, nsany, byddf, gm, dai, (sufiy.blogspot.com)
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• Lithium Drive: For Automakers, Better Batteries Crucial to Success of New Electric Cars tnr.v, czx.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Lithium Drive: Roadfly.com - 2012 BMW 1 Series ActiveE Electric Car Overview by Roxie Roadfly tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, lit, nsany, byd (sufiy.blogspot.com)
• Lithium Drive: Mercedes and road of sustainability - Electric Motor News n° 3 (2011) tnr.v, czx.v, alk.ax, lmr.v, tsla, rm.v, nup.ax, srz.ax, usa.ax, jnn.v, abn.v, res, mcp, avl.to, quc.v, cee.v, sqm, fmc, roc, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, lit, nsany, byddf, gm, d (sufiy.blogspot.com)

Lithium Drive: Electric Cars from Ford Motor Company: NAIAS 2011 f, tnr.v, lmr.v, rm.v, alk.ax, sqm, fmc, roc, lit, li.v, wlc.v, clq.v, res.v, ree, avl.to, nsany, f, gm, rno.pa, dai, byddf, hev, aone, vlnc

  Mr Ford is a lifelong environmentalist according to himself - welcome to the club!

  "With oil prices edging closer to $100 per barrel, the chatter about electric cars is again on the rise. Jon Hykawy, head of global research with Toronto-based Byron Capital Markets, thinks the time is nigh for the mass adoption of electric cars, all of which will need specialty metals like lithium. But where is that lithium going to come from? In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Jon handicaps most of the players in the lithium space and highlights a few that could be takeover targets."

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Detroit 2011: Bill Ford discusses Blue Oval's electrification plans

by Sebastian Blanco (RSS feed) on Jan 10th 2011 at 12:05PM

Following the introduction of a barrage of new vehicles like the C-Max Energi and C-Max Hybrid at the Detroit Auto Show today, Ford Motor Company executive chairman William Clay Ford, Jr., spent some time talking to reporters about his company's electrification program (and other, minor things, like jobs and huge expansion in Asia). The takeaway point was that this is the age of the electric vehicles. The technology is ready, he said, but public acceptance depends on the cost of gas and the availability of charging stations. This is one reason, he said, why the U.S. needs a comprehensive energy policy. Ford is ready – because the company has based its strategy on the prediction that the cost of gas will continue to go up.

Before we get to this, though, let's talk about the press conference, which was heavily focused on the company's global reach. The press conference was unsurprisingly full of good news, including Ford's plan new vehicles – 50 new vehicles and powertrains in Asia Pacific and Africa by 2015 alone – and 7,000 new jobs for American workers through 2012.

The presentation included a recorded video bit from Ed Begley, Jr., who – we hereby predict – will never work for Nissan. "If someone were to ask me where to look for an electric vehicle, I'd tell them 'Ford.' Yup, Ford," he said. Later in the video, he highlighted the C-Max Energi's comparatively quick recharge time (just three hours) and said, "I could mention cars that take twice that long to charge, but I'll 'leaf' that alone." Members of the audience groaned – some laughed – but the message was very, very clear.

Ford's comments on the plug-in future can be found after the jump.

Even though Azure Dynamics played a big role in getting the Transit Connect Electric ready for market, Ford said that his company will not rely only on suppliers as it moves further into the electrification space:

We are going to have in-house expertise in electric capability, and that's very important to us. However, just like when we deal with companies that make axles or other components, we will certainly rely upon suppliers to come to us with innovation and that's really no different than any other supply relationship that we have. The in-house capability of Ford in electric vehicles is something that we think is very important and that we are building.

He also said that the way Ford is introducing electric drive to its vehicles is the right way for the company to be profitable with plug-ins. "Certainly on the C-car platform we'll make money, but any new technology, as you know, is expensive," he said. "As volume ramps up costs will come down. One of the things we've done by electrifying a C-Car platform, it allows us to spread that cost over much more volume and it allows us to make money sooner than perhaps other people who haven't done that." Ford didn't want to predict any specific battery cost decrease, but he did say:

If you just look at other technologies, the way they've been developed, it should come down as volume starts to ramp up and familiarity with the technology starts to get better. We do expect [battery costs] to come down and we're working very closely with the suppliers in that regard."

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