Environmental Stewardship

DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 9, 2013 – About 10,000 members of the Ford Volunteer Corps are joining together to tackle more than 200 projects on six continents during the eighth annual Ford Global Week of Caring.

The Ford Volunteer Corps is out in force from China to Australia and from Europe to the Americas in mid-September. Ford Global Week of Caring is the highlight of a year-round global campaign to flex the volunteer muscle of Ford employees, retirees and dealers.

DEARBORN, MI- Ford Motor Co. is boosting production of its smallest EcoBoost engine, which will be offered domestically later this year.

The Dearborn-based automaker Thursday announced it is doubling the output of the award-winning 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine to more than 1,000 engines a day at its engine plant in Cologne, Germany. This will increase projected production capacity this year to 165,000 engines from 100,000 engines, and to 200,000 engines in 2014.

 General Motors Co. is expanding a Detroit recycling program to turn vacant lots into urban gardens.

Sometime before the end of this decade, General Motors will put a car on the road that can almost drive itself.
 

Massive presses arrived Friday at the General Motors Assembly Plant, bringing the facility's new $200 million stamping plant closer to completion.

General Motors is investing more than $500 million to improve its Arlington assembly plant, which means more jobs are on the way. GM is dedicating $200 million to a stamping facility that will press out components of the company’s upcoming line of new full-size SUVs, the Chevrolet Tahoe & Suburban, GMC Yukon & Cadillac Escalade.

FLINT, MI – Dozens of Flint Assembly and Flint Engine Operations employees were on hand on the floor of Flint Assembly Wednesday, Aug. 21, as General Motors North America Manufacturing Vice President Gerald Johnson recognized the two plants for reducing their energy use.

Flint Assembly and Engine plants were two of 63 GM facilities to meet a voluntary energy-reduction challenge set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, cutting energy use to meet the EPA’s Energy Star Challenge for Industry.
 

Compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles don't get quite as much attention as flashier battery electrics, fuel cell cars and plug-in hybrids, but they are a compelling alternative-fuel option that is available right now. They become even more compelling when they offer dual fuel capabilities. Ford has equipped the 2014 F-150 with such capabilities, calling it the only half-ton pickup truck of its kind.

The F-150, which will launch in the fall (Northern Hemisphere), becomes Ford's eighth vehicle to offer dual-fuel CNG/liquid gas capabilities for buyers that choose the gaseous-fuel prep option on the 3.7-liter V6 engine. The option equips the truck to run on both liquified petroleum gasoline and compressed natural gas through separate fueling systems, using hardware that includes hardened valves, valve seats, pistons and rings.

Even big pickups want to be green these days.

Ford Motor Co. announced today that it will use 45,000 pounds of rice hulls annually as a replacement for a talc material in the electrical harnesses of Ford’s F-Series pickups.

Holland — An advanced battery maker has started production of automotive lithium-ion batteries in southwestern Michigan.