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Ford rallies leaders to back plug-in cars
Ford rallies leaders to back plug-in cars
Posted Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, 2:50 pm in Employee News
Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. told government and industry leaders Wednesday that his company is serious about building electric cars, The Detroit News reported.
But he stressed that the automobile industry cannot make the shift to greener technology alone and called for a concerted effort to build the infrastructure these vehicles will require, the paper said.
“We stand at the threshold of a revolution,” Bill Ford said during a keynote address at “The Business of Plugging In” conference. “This isn’t just an R&D experiment for us. We have real vehicles. We’ve placed big bets. And they start coming off the line next year.”
Ford’s first commercial electric vehicle, a battery-powered version of its Transit Connect van, will go on sale to fleet customers in 2010, the paper said. The Dearborn, Mich., automaker also has announced plans to produce a battery-powered version of its new Focus compact for consumers in 2011, to be followed by a new generation of hybrids and plug-in hybrid cars and trucks, the story said. (The Detroit News)
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