Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid to reach 20 units by 2009

Posted: Jun 11, 2008
Filed under: Ford, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

After delivering its first Ford Escape plug-in hybrid at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, Ford yesterday announced that it has teamed with Johnson Controls-Saft for a 20-vehicle test fleet of plug-in Escape Hybrids that will arrive in California by the end of 2009.

The nine of the twenty are scheduled to be shipped by the end of 2008 with the remaining 10 units to arrive by the end of 2009.

After completing testing in California, the fleet will be moved to New York/New Jersey to determine the regional difference in the vehicle’s performance.

 

Source: Automotive News (Subscription Required)

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  • justmatt
    I thought this technology was already here and did not need a great deal of development. Is it really so difficult to add a plug in charger that it needs to be rolled out in baby steps (20 cars over 2 years). Laptops and cellphones use this technology today. The after-market has been doing this to hybrid cars the last couple of years. Please Ford, no more press releases about this, just make all the 2009 hybrid models have plug in ability, and then advertise it.
  • Bobmarley
    GM and Ford always do this type of "way off" advertising. ie Chevy Volt... they started advertising that thing over a year ago and we wont see it till 2010?! A waste of advertising money imo, make the car lose the "new" factor by the time it actually rolls out 3-5 years later lol... when its an entirely different car
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