Ford plans to roll out more electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles over the next three years. With a change in administration at the White House and a change in management at the Ford Motor Company comes a change in plans for the future of Ford. Although it has had its share of financial difficulties in recent years, including a net loss of $14.6 billion in 2008, Ford is the only Detroit-based automaker not receiving government loans in the big automakers bailout. That fact alone endears them to me. Now Ford plans to move forward with what they learned from making their first hybrid, the Ford Escape hybrid.
They plan to release the Fusion hybrid sedan this year using some of those technological lessons. They claim that the new Fusion can get up to 47 mph using only electric power. I'd say that was a pretty serious advance in technology. They also plan to introduce a battery-powered commercial van in 2010 and a battery-powered compact in 2011. Then in 2012, they plan to unveil a plug-in hybrid to challenge the much-touted Chevy Volt.
I'd say the green race is on and Ford looks good heading into the future of alternative modes of automaking.
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