Ford Ecoboost engine receives Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award

October 12, 7:52 AMFord ExaminerMike Karagozian

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Ford's EcoBoost technology boosts power and economy.

Ford Motor Company's EcoBoost™ engine was honored with a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award. Popular Mechanics, once known primarily for cover stories about build-it-yourself flying cars and homebuilt submarines, created the Breakthrough Awards, now in their fifth year, to "recognize products and celebrate innovations poised to change the world, and the passionate, smart creators behind them." Ford is the only automaker this year to receive a Breakthrough Award. 

EcoBoost, which uses turbocharging and direct gasoline injection to boost engine output, reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency by as much as 20 percent marks a major milestone in the Ford strategy to deliver technologically advanced, high-output, smaller-displacement powertrains.

"EcoBoost technology gives us everything: a combination of the performance buyers expect and fuel economy improvements they demand that, until now, only has been achievable with the latest-generation turbo-diesel powertrains,." Said Derrick Kuzak, group vice president, Global Product Development, Ford Motor Company.

By 2013, more than 90 percent of Ford's North American lineup will be available with EcoBoost technology.

Photograph:  Ford Motor Company Public Affairs

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