Thursday, March 24, 2011

Ford ask for microsoft as patners to make internet-friendly cheap electric cars

DETROIT-The prediction will be more widespread circulation of distorted line-powered cars make Ford racked his brains in order to create an electric car with an affordable price.

Therefore, the company's United States (U.S.) is also holding Microsoft to work together to make electric cars energy management easy and affordable for consumers.

Cooperation between Microsoft and Ford made to deliver a new platform to assist owners of electric vehicles to optimize the way they recharge their vehicles as well as setting energy use in their homes.


"Refilling electric vehicles will become a new chapter in the automobile industry. And Ford's collaboration with Microsoft will provide solution to help them to facilitate this charging system in the future," said President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, Alan Mulally as quoted from the official Microsoft site Saturday (3/4/2010).

Microsoft will bring up a program called Hohm which the plan will be put to use in the Ford Focus and the Ford Transit Connect electric engine. Then following a single electric car plug-ins and two other hybrid cars in 2012.

Using the Internet network basis, a program which it will be included in a Microsoft's internet system will determine when the car can be recharged again and how to regulate the use of electric power house for the needs which those still are not disrupted even though the car owner to refill the vehicle at home in a more efficient.

"Electric vehicle market will grow, but this raises a significant effect on energy consumption at home and the national electrical energy demand," added the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer. (UKy)