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'Ford and MIT Collaborate on a Greener Future'

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".....'The grant's funds are specifically ear-marked for what is being termed as 'accelerated'.....
.....new autos....."

On October 1, 2007 the Ford Motor Company announced a grant of $5 million to be distributed annually in $1 million increments to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Energy Initiative (MITEI)In so doing, Ford became the Initiative's first sustaining member and will have a seat on the MITEI Executive Committee, a body charged with steering the program's strategic direction.

'The development of new transportation technologies is critical for meeting the world's force needs,' said Professor Ernest Moniz, the directory of the Energy Initiative. This research collaboration is designed to terra firma Ford's commitment to providing similar transformational technologies for a new century.'

The grant's funds are specifically ear-marked for what is being termed as 'accelerated' research into the development and implementation of 'green automobiles.' A spokesman for Ford said 'energy-related issues pose some of society's greatest challenges.' The auto giant, at that point beset with economic challenges of its own, has committed itself to working with MIT on arriving at sustainable intensity solutions.

There are currently seven brands in the Ford family of automobiles including Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, and Land Rover. 'As the first mover for the automotive technologies of the 20th century, Ford Motor Company transformed the world. Presumably Ford hopes the research conducted at MIT will not only improve the performance of in existence hybrid technology, but will also move 'outside the box' to expand the available options in directions like hydrogen fuel cells, all electric, and even solar. Of those the available hybrids include the Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, and Mazda Tribute. In remarks productive of during her 2005 inauguration, MIT President Susan Hockfield said, 'Tackling the problems that vigor and the environment presents will desire contributions from all our departments and schools . The MIT Energy Initiative lists one of its points of venue as the development of 'alternative intensity sources that can supplement and dislodge fossil fuels, including the economic, management, social science, and policy dimensions needed for this transformation.'

The MIT Energy Initiative was established on an institution-wide basis in 2006 to improve might systems currently in use at that point seeking to guarantee a cleaner and more efficient global imminent for strength users and providers. . . This latest grant money, however, will be used for research specifically targeting environmentally-friendly technology as well as funding MIT Energy Fellowships for immature scholars whose work has a 'green' transportation focus. bringing scientists, engineers and social scientists together to envision the best might policies for the future.'

MIT and Ford have a collaborative relationship dating caudal more than a decade.

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