Thursday, February 11, 2010

Dear Friends of Azure,

Transit Connect Electric continues to be a headline story from the Chicago Auto Show with over 80 articles appearing since yesterday's introduction.

Jeff Flock of Fox Business News said, "[Transit Connect Electric] was probably the biggest unveil of the show" during his nationally broadcast test drive of the vehicle. Watch the full test drive video here: http://video.foxbusiness.com/#/v/4012028/fords-first-all-electric-vehicle/?playlist_id=87185

Additionally the complete Transit Connect Electric press conference can be seen at the link here: http://cot.ag/byyTFv. If you only have a moment, watch Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 for Derrick Kuzak's, Ford Group Vice President Global Product Development, introduction of the vehicle and Scott Harrison's, Azure Dynamics CEO, discussion of the Transit Connect Electric capabilities.

Sincerely,
AZD

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Dear Friends of Azure

Transit Connect Electric was officially launched in front of hundreds of media gathered at a standing-room-only press conference held this morning at the Chicago Auto Show. Watch the video replay of the press conference on demand here: http://cot.ag/byyTFv।

Before introducing Azure CEO Scott Harrison, Derrick Kuzak, Ford Group Vice President Global Product Development, said, "To bring Transit Connect Electric to market so quickly, we teamed up with one of the best in the business, Azure Dynamics।"

Sharing the stage with Mark Fields, Ford's President of the Americas, and Jim Farley, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mr। Harrison discussed the performance characteristics of the vehicle while photographers snapped images of the AZD branded prototype that had driven on stage moments earlier. The AZD logo was prominently displayed three places on the Ford Transit Connect Electric and Azure's "Force Drive(TM)" was the first thing seen under the hood.

Within hours of the reveal electronic articles began appearing on outlets like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Popular Mechanics, CNBC News, MSN, not to mention automotive, environmental and investor websites and blogs. Additional information on Transit Connect Electric and the press conference can be found on Ford's home page: http://www.ford.com/.

Thanks for riding along on this exciting day in furthering Azure's mission in 'driving a world of difference'. As always we appreciate your support.

Sincerely,
AZD

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Dear Friends of Azure,

Greetings from the Chicago Auto Show where Azure representatives are on-hand for the introduction of the Transit Connect Electric. As you may have read in the press release just sent, Azure and Ford Motor Company have partnered to create an electric version of Transit Connect, the 2010 North American Truck of the Year. The Transit Connect Electric with Azure's patented Force(TM) Drive technology utilizing a Johnson Controls-Saft (JC-S) supplied lithium ion battery has an 80 mile range and produces zero tailpipe emissions. The companies will unveil the product this week with a series of industry and media events, including:

-February 9th, 'Green Dinner': Held at the Museum of Science and Industry, Azure CEO Scott Harrison and Ford's Derrick Kuzak, Group Vice President, Global Product Development will present the Transit Connect Electric to the automotive and environmental media attending. This will be the vehicle's first public appearance.

-February 10th, Press Conference: Held at the Ford display inside the Chicago Auto Show, the Transit Connect Electric will be officially introduced with Scott Harrison participating in the unveiling.

-February 11th, Media Ride and Drives: Outside the convention center, Azure and Ford will offer Transit Connect Electric test drives to select media in attendance.

Azure received the contract to supply power to the Transit Connect Electric in late September 2009. Our Force Drive(TM) technology has over 40 different vehicle integrations and 25 million miles of on-the-road experience to its credit. Azure was able to leverage this experience to make the Transit Connect Electric a reality.

We are excited to deepen our relationship with Ford and JC-S and look forward to introducing our latest product offering to the commercial vehicle market.

Sincerely,

AZD