Ford decided it couldn't wait until the actual start of the 2010 Chicago Auto Show to reveal its two new variations of the 2011 Transit Connect utility van. One is a pure electric version of the standard model while the other is a taxi conversion.
The 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric is designed as a short-errand hauler that doesn't give up any cargo capacity in return for clean running electric motor. The 2011 Transit Connect taxi is exactly what you would expect, a striped down people hauler with vinyl seats and extra wiring for a sign on the roof. The taxi version of the Transit Connect does introduce a natural gas or propane conversion for the standard 2.0-liter four-cylinder, however, and that conversion will be available for all Transit Connects, not just the taxi version.
IL News: 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric
IL News: 2011 Ford Transit Connect Taxi
moparbad says:
05:21 AM, 02/ 9/10
Diesel is needed very much. Natural gas and propane are limited access fuels. Electric is limited range.
Diesel Transit Connect please.
rsholland says:
05:35 AM, 02/ 9/10
This makes for a perfect taxi. I agree, a diesel option is needed.
firstwagon says:
01:47 PM, 02/ 9/10
Diesel for general use but for a downtown delivery truck electric would be better.
They don't travel a lot of miles or go very fast, they spend a lot of time sitting still and they won't be choking up the air with fumes like a diesel would.
Sounds like the perfect use for an electric car.
estreka says:
01:54 PM, 02/ 9/10
+1 diesel