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Ford to Build Three Electric Models at Green Plant

Ford Motor Co. showed off its reborn Michigan Assembly Plant on Tuesday, where in addition to a fuel-efficient, gasoline-powered Focus, the automaker will build hybrid and electric versions of the compact car. Ford spent $550 million to remake the 1.2 million-square-foot plant, which once produced full-size SUVs, into a flexible car factory. Company officials say [...]

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Transformation of Michigan Assembly Plant Symbolizes Ford’s Transformation

Ford Motor Company held its press preview for the North American International Auto Show at the newly-renovated Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne. The plant used to build trucks. Now, after spending $550 million, Ford says it’s the first manufacturing facility in the world to build four kinds of powertrains: gas-powered, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric [...]

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Ford Takes Baby Steps into Eco Friendly Cars

And by baby steps, we mean very much baby steps. While Nissan has the Leaf and the European Car of the Year Award and Chevy has the Volt and pretty much every North American green car award ever, Ford is…looking at using recycled cotton in some of its products. Look, there’s a real strategy at [...]

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Ford Fusion Hybrid Seeing Many First Time Ford Buyers

In case there was any doubt about which American automaker has a real shot at longevity, Ford recently announced that 60% of those who bought the Fusion this year were buyers new to Ford. The Fusion’s new Ford buyers, of  ”conquest sales,” have been increasing steadily, up 6 percentage points from January of this year, [...]

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Ford Expects Higher Hybrid Sales in 2009

Ford Motor Co. said today that it is on track to sell more hybrid vehicles in 2009 than it ever has before. Through November, Ford said has sold nearly 31,000 hybrid vehicles, or 67% more than it sold last year in the United States while total industry sales have declined 11%. Ford’s hybrid sales increase [...]

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