AT&T to take delivery of first Ford Transit Connect Electric vans

AT&T to take delivery of first Ford Transit Connect Electric vans
By Andrew Ganz - Posted March 9th 2010

Ford Motor Company announced today that communications giant AT&T will be its first customer for the Transit Connect Electric commercial van. The announcement from Ford comes despite AT&T’s increasingly close relations with General Motors, whose chairman and CEO formerly led AT&T.
With 77,000 corporate vehicles, AT&T is one of the world’s largest fleet operators. The company first sampled Ford’s standard Transit Connect in 1999, but says now that it plans to operate more than 15,000 greener vehicles in the coming eight years.

“Cleaner, alternative-fuel vehicles are the future of our corporate fleet, and the Transit Connect Electric represents a real breakthrough and will be a strong addition to our range of alternative-fuel vehicles,” said Jerome Webber, vice president of fleet operations at AT&T, in a statement released to the media by Ford. “It’s exactly the kind of vehicle we envisioned when we mapped our long-term vision to invest up to $565 million to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles through 2018.”
The first Transit Connect Electric vans will reach AT&T in “late 2010,” according to Ford.
10 COMMENTS
1. 0-60177 days ago
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  Whitacre is going to be pissed.
  
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2. JakeK66177 days ago
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  I wonder if they will all break down under bridges just like their cell phone coverage does.
  
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3. johnnycanuck177 days ago
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  Damn I’m seeing a lot of Transit Connects on the roads lately… I counted at least 5 just on the way in this morning and all with a different business displayed on the side.
  
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4. iKingston177 days ago
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  This just shows how Ford just keeps moving forward (no pun intended). They are doing really well lately.
  
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5. deneway177 days ago
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  Be nice to have a version or option of windows in the rear third of the vehicle rather than metal
  
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6. The Realist177 days ago
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  I hope AT&T like to have their vehicles in the shop…..
  
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7. beatusmongous177 days ago
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  So have I, Johnny. It’s weird, because they are ugly and easy to spot, but you can tell people are making good use of them. Better than PT Cruisers or HHRs for businesses.
  
  I seldom have problems with AT&T. I think the only reason AT&T is going with Ford is because of image, and GM doesn’t have an EV business vehicle.
  
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8. howsmydriving177 days ago
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  What an exciting, sexy vehicle….
  
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9. Bankruptcy2009177 days ago
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  I think its great I can’t believe the number of Ford Transit connects i see on the road already and they have not been out all that long. So Yes Ford also consider Coming out with a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle too Honda and Toyota are doing it. Honda Clarity and Toyota in Europe will have Fuel Cell Vehicles another good totally pollution free vehicle.
  
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10. olds307177 days ago
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  now trim it with Blue and Yellow stripes and a Bell logo.
  
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