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2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric Revealed Before 2010 Chicago Auto Show

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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.

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5 Comments

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

raybanz says:

04:42 PM, 06/ 2/10

firstwagon said: "they won't be choking up the air with fumes like a diesel would."

New diesels are much cleaner than in the past AND, according to the government, 48.2% of domestic electrical power still comes from (relatively dirty) coal. Perhaps EV is "greener" than modern high-efficiency diesel, but I doubt it. Gotta look at the big picture.

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