Azure Dynamics signs deal with Ford dealerships for hybrid trucks
Even though some people within Ford think hybrid trucks are a “publicity stunt,” the heavy-duty hybrid van maker Azure Dynamics knows that it can still count on FoMoCo for some hybrid help. Azure announced this week that it has signed new Sales & Service agreements with some Ford dealerships to work on the company’s Balance Hybrid Electric commercial trucks. Azure Dynamics will now work with eight more Ford dealerships around the country (see a full list after the jump), bringing the total that have signed these agreements to fourteen. In the future, Azure hopes to get 50 dealers on board to “maintain inventory of ready-to-deliver Cube Vans and Walk-in Vans equipped with Azure’s hybrid electric powertrains.”
As we’ve written before, the Balance hybrids use a Ford E450 chassis and adds a 5.4 liter Triton gasoline engine with a electrical component that can move the van up to 20 mph. Mated to a 5-speed automatic TorqShift transmission the hybrid powertrain improves fuel economy by up to 40 percent, Azure said.
[Source: Azure Dynamics Corporation]
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