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Henry Ford

The company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford, who founded it, business development received $ 28,000 from five investors. Ford has gained notoriety as the first in the world used the classic car assembly conveyor.
Henry Ford in 1914

First gained mass recognition models produced by the company was the Ford Model T, is available in the years 1908-1926.

At the end of 1920 with the company leadership of the USSR was signed an agreement on assistance in the construction of car plant in Nizhny Novgorod. A number of cars and trucks of the company "Ford" at the time served as the prototype for the first production models of the new Soviet car factory GAZ-A and GAZ-AA.

At the end of 1930 the company did not enjoy the confidence of the US military because of the pro-Nazi sympathies unconcealed founder [4] [5] [6]. However, with the introduction of the United States into World War II the company launched army trucks and jeeps (not its design - Ford GPW was adapted version Wyllis MB), performed tankostroitelnoy subcontractors in the US program.

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Ford Reflex (Ford Reflex), a silver sports coupé is equipped with the most unexpected and even a hybrid system. The system consists of a small turbo-diesel engine, borrowed from the European Ford Fiesta in combination with the hybrid drive of the new generation. As a result, acceleration to 100 km / h in 7 seconds, and significant savings in fuel consumption: 3, 6 - 5, 9 l per 100 km. And the engine and the electric motor rotates the front wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission. In addition to all as in the Lexus RX400h (Lexus RX 400h) to the Ford Reflex (Ford Reflex) has a second electric motor (with a capacity of 20 l / s), providing, if necessary, drive to all four wheels.

The electric motor provides increased torque required to start the engine during the cold season, when the oil thickens, besides the electric motor cover additional requirements of the diesel engine, reducing emissions of nitrous oxide. If the demand for hybrid sports coupe Ford Reflex (Ford Reflex) will be high enough, maybe not resolve the prejudice against diesel engines in North America.

Another feature differences Ford Reflex (Ford Reflex) was the decision of its interior, seat belts are equipped with tiny air bags that inflate in the event of a crash, increasing the safe zone. Salon is equipped with photoelectric sensors that autonomously trigger the fan that cools the interior of a parked car, the sensors also help to nourish the lights and other systems when the vehicle is moving at a electricity.

In an interview with Tom Watson, manager of promotion of hybrid systems identified several areas for the development of hybrid drive Ford.

The objectives of the development were:

1) increase the efficiency of energy storage in regenerative braking;

2) reducing the heat produced during operation of electronics in order to avoid the installation of costly cooling systems;

3) decrease in the number of technology purchased from other automakers;

4) standardization of components necessary for their mass production at existing plants Ford.
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