EcoBoost = good news: Ford will re-open Cleveland plant to build cleaner engines
Click above for a gallery of the 2010 Lincoln MKS Ford’s EcoBoost engines are a fairly simple technology and, while they’re certainly not going to achieve 100 mpg, these 3.5-liter V6 powerplants are ready right now and will be available in four 2010 models: the Lincoln MKS, Lincoln MKT, Ford Taurus SHO and Ford Flex. In fact, the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 is so ready to go that Ford has announced it will reopen the Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 to build it. This plant will be the first Ford manufacturing site in the world to produce EcoBoost engines. This is great news for Cleveland, as the plant has been idle since 2007. It was first opened in 1951 and Ford spent $55 million to give it flexible manufacturing capabilities. Unfortunately, no new jobs will be created as 250 employees from other areas of the plant site will be retrained and used. This is all good news even if you don’t have ties to The Forest City because the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 improves fuel economy by 20 percent while dropping CO 2 emissions by 15 percent. The engine will be standard on the SHO and available an option for the other three models. To dig into the nuts and bolts of the technology, check out this post (and this one ) and Car Blog Greenmore about the reopening of Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 after the jump. Gallery: Lincoln MKS with EcoBoost [Source: Ford] Continue reading EcoBoost = good news: Ford will re-open Cleveland plant to build cleaner engines Auto Blog: Emerging Technologies , MPG , Ford , Green Daily EcoBoost = good news: Ford will re-open Cleveland plant to build cleaner engines originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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EcoBoost = good news: Ford will re-open Cleveland plant to build cleaner engines
Next Focus could get 1.6L EcoBoost and 43 mpg
Auto Blog: Emerging Technologies , Flex-Fuel , MPG , Ford , Lincoln We’re hoping to see a production version of the Lincoln Concept C from the Detroit Auto Show , but even if that particular model never sees the light of day, the 1.6L EcoBoost engine under the concept’s hood is likely to see production in one form or another in a variety of models from Ford. One logical spot for the flex fuel-capable turbocharged, direct injected four-banger is in the next-gen Focus, especially considering that the Lincoln Concept C was built atop a similar platform. When mated to Ford’s PowerShift dual clutch gearbox along with Assisted Direct Start (read: start/stop) functionality, this little powertrain combination is reportedly capable of returning 43 miles per gallon on the highway. Just as importantly, the mill’s 180-horsepower and 180 lb-ft of torque is actually much more powerful than the outgoing 2.0L four cylinder in the current Ford Focus. We’ll see for sure what’s placed in the next Focus’ engine bay in 2010. [Source: Automotive News - sub. req'd] Next Focus could get 1.6L EcoBoost and 43 mpg originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green|Car Blog Green
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