Ford to sell solar panel system along with electric cars

Ford Motor Company is teaming up with solar panels on the basis of the San Jose maker of SunPower to offer option on the roof of the solar system, which will be sold along with the upcoming EV Ford focus. "Drive green for life", as it is called, includes installation of solar panels on the customer home.

These panels will not be used only to charge the focus, however. They really help offset the cost that comes with the need to charge the car, what most electric car owners do every night.

Solar panels 2.5 kilowatt system compensates for the cost of about 1000 miles per month, "said Ford. After the federal tax rebates, the cost would be around $ 10000. Some local and State benefits may also be available, but it's still pretty expensive system.

At least Ford and SunPower were relevant demographic. Parameter must refer to the environmentalists, who want to buy an electric car, but don't want to feel guilty about consuming all additional electricity to charge it. In the end it is not this "green" to drive electric when charging your car with the use of fossil fuels.

The solar system consists of 147-square-foot rooftop panels. There are 11 panels, size 4 to 2 feet. Customers will be able to monitor the work of the panels, online and through specially iPhone app. SunPower also provides you with a 25-year warranty for the system that is installed on the clients home Best Buy Geek Squad. Best buy also has a contract with Ford for installing home Chargers.

Pricing and exact launch date for the new Ford Focus 2012 is not yet available, but the car will go on sale first in California and New York in the 4th quarter of 2011. Ford also plans to start 5 other electric or hybrid electric models in 2012 in North America and in Europe by 2013.

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Ladies and gentlemen are Droid HD previously unseen phone was known for floating around, thanks to the EXIF data that the rapid appearance on Flickr, but the Droid HD ready for a little attention.

Droid Bionic enjoys its share of attention for months, even as the date of his release keeps getting pushed further and further back. Now that we have a good idea of when we can get one, Bionic begins to pop up in photoshoots on the left and right. Engadget got their hands on that by far the most detailed images of Bionic taken to date, but the Droid HD was there to steal the show.

First impressions: it is approaching to Infuse 4 G-the thin, even with a huge battery and 8 megapixel camera, mounted on the back. The device seems to be running gingerbread cookies (not surprisingly), and this naturally packages microUSB and micro HDMI port. MicroSD card slot and SIM cards are tucked away on the opposite side of the device slim frame.

The name of the device and SIM card immediately to offer devices global in nature, but I hope it turns out to be one of the Verizon SIM-toting 4 G LTE devices. If so, it would not surprise if Motorola and Verizon had to play with a bit of branding. The name "droid HD" seems a bit droll on something with a bit of oomph as Bionic, but looking at the form factor and its emphasis on size, Droid HD, may well be the Droid successsor X 2.

Any word on release date would be pure speculation at this point, but the Panel looks amazing full for what has not been officially announced. This may be the next big GSM phone Motorola or Verizon can work on their strategy of Blitz holiday, but more News surfaces, Droid fanatics will just accept more eye candy.

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