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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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Auto Industry Focused on Hybrids, Survey Says

Biodiesel technology is low on the list of priorities for auto industry research, according to a global survey of 200 senior auto executives conducted by KPMG that was released Thursday. When asked to rate which were the most important alternative fuel technologies to the auto industry over the next five years, hybrid systems were ranked [...]

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Toyota Plans Smaller, Cheaper Hybrid

Toyota will introduce a new hybrid next month that is smaller and more affordable than the Prius, reports the Detroit News. The hybrid-only subcompact is expected to go into production in 2011 and be in US showrooms by early 2012. Toyota, which will offer a peek Jan. 11 at the North American International Auto Show, [...]

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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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Ford to Spend $500M on Michigan Battery, Hybrid Production

Ford Motor Co. has outlined plans to invest as much as $500 million in Michigan to engineer and assemble battery packs for a new generation of electric vehicles and manufacture a new hybrid and plug-in hybrid here — if state lawmakers approve a request for tax credits it is submitting today in Lansing. These moves [...]

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