Ford Partners on Plug-In Hybrids
By Michelle Krebs July 10, 2007
Ford announced a partnership with Southern California Edison to test and develop plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
The utility will get one plug-in hybrid to evaluate and test this year, with as many as 20 vehicles by 2009. Ford hopes to work with the utility to help develop the infrastructure side of the electric car network. The utility will study the vehicles and will place them in the hands of real-world consumers so that Ford can get information on their durability and usage in true life situations.
"By partnering with these two industries... we're hoping that it does accelerate the commercialization and certainly drive some of the cost issues down," said Ford Vice President for Sustainability Susan Cischke.
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