Ford Release Info on 2011 Transit Connect EV; Taxi Connect with CNG, LPG Options

By John O'Dell, Senior Editor We've seen photos – from back when England's Smith Electric Vehicles was making its own version of an electric-drive Ford Transit Connect, but now that Ford's getting ready to unveil its proprietary electric cargo van, we've not only got photos, we've got data! We've also got official reiteration of Ford's time-line for the Transit Connect EV (in the market later this year), the Focus EV sedan – 2011 – and a Ford plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and new conventional (not grid-rechargeable) hybrid technology, both coming in 2012. The official covers come off (or maybe its the covers officially come off ) the Ford Transit Connect EV this morning at a preview of the Chicago Auto Show, but Ford – looking to generate as much publicity as we're willing to give, and we are willing – has released the accompanying photos as well as a look at the technology packaged inside. Additionally, the company says it will launch a

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