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Ford's Efficiency Leaves Help Drivers Save the Planet

Did you know there is a game where, when you grow up a digital plant in the game, you make the planet greener in real life?

It's called Efficiency Leaves, and it can be found in every Ford hybrid model.

"People are really attuned to this idea of competition and fun," says Jeff Greenberg, Ford Human Factors Researcher. "This is how human beings learn. We could have put a little efficiency gauge that would've gone up or down…

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Can Ford's Carbon-Capturing Materials Halt Sea-Level Rise and Save Long Island Beaches?

On Long Island, the issue of climate change and sea-level rise hits close to home. Literally.

In Levittown, we should stay high and dry even by the highest end-of-century estimates for sea level rise (7 feet by 2100). It would take a 100-foot rise in sea level to drown our Ford showroom, and even more before Hicksville goes under the surf -- but it could happen, eventually, if the ice sheets on…

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Introducing the 2017 Ford Fusion Lineup

 

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Here at Levittown Ford LLC, we're making room in our showroom for the refreshed Ford Fusion lineup. The 2017 lineup features five variants including the Titanium, Platinum, Sport, Hybrid Energi Plug-In Hybrid. As consumers continue to become even more conscious of the environment, today we would like to highlight the 2017 Fusion Hybrid.

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3 Differences Between a Hybrid and a Plug-in Hybrid

Ford is investing $4.5 billion in electric cars, with the expectation that the plug-in hybrid will be the best-selling segment.

What's so special about a plug-in? Just compare the Ford C-Max Hybrid with the plug-in C-Max Energi.

Both get excellent fuel economy, offer 188 combined horsepower, and can reach 85 miles per hour on electricity alone.

Ford thinks drivers will be more drawn to the C-Max Energi

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