Ford in Europe saves enough energy to power Oxford for a year

Posted on 27 Oct 2015 by Tim Brown

Ford factories in Europe are on course to achieve a reduction in energy usage, per vehicle produced, of 25% since 2011, following investments of £20m specifically targeting energy waste.

This means that each year Ford will save about 800 gigawatt hours at its European plants – roughly the amount of energy used annually by a city such as Oxford with a population of 170,000. As part of the Ford Production System, a new energy management operating system is now deployed throughout Ford’s European manufacturing…

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