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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

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To produce the vehicles, Ford is converting three truck and SUV plants to car plants—Michigan Assembly, Cuautitlan Assembly in Mexico, which begins building the new Fiesta subcompact early next year; and Louisville (Ky.) Assembly, which will be converted to produce small vehicles from Ford’s global Focus platform beginning in 2011.

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Road Test: 2024 Lincoln Corsair PHEV Grand Touring III

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But more than the savings is the satisfaction of driving past gasoline stations as you go about your daily routine knowing the Corsair PHEV is reducing the need for oil extraction while treading a bit lighter on the environment. While related to the Ford Escape SUV , any thoughts they are the same vehicle would be misplaced.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By But I dont think that would contribute to the global environment, to reduce [global warming gas] emissions." ( Wall Street Journal ). Does it make good business sense, and how does it affect the environment?" Kwong asked.

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