<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#66ffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d3d1f71a-89ee-456b-8433-1fb3dca5e8c1/F08C5F33-3D0E-4362-A842-114D302F2C5F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbsnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary">Ford: New Cars Will Interface with Grid</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary"><DIV> Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday its future electric cars will "talk" to power grids across the country, part of an effort to drive interest in alternative energy vehicles. </DIV> <BR /><DIV>The nation's second-largest automaker released details of a two-year collaboration with about a dozen utility companies as well as the Department of Energy on the design of a system that allows car owners to control when they charge vehicles and for how long.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary"><IMG width="244" height="183" border="0" alt="" src="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/01/12/image3704923g.jpg" /> <SPAN>Photo</SPAN> <P> <STRONG> (CBS)</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary">Owners can choose to recharge at off-peak times when electricity is cheaper, or when wind, solar or renewable energy is driving the grid, said Nancy Gioia, director of Ford's sustainable mobility technologies division. "What we're doing is developing our capability." </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/18/tech/main5249797.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesSecondary">Ford's first battery electric vehicle, the Transit Connect commercial van, will be available next year. 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