Green Car Congress: Plugging the Plug-In Hybrid
Hanssen affirmed that his company is still committed to the conversion's original price target of $12,000-"maybe lower"-and hoped to offer a plug-in conversion of the Ford Escape hybrid by the end of 2006.
Kiplinger.com
The environmentally friendly Lexus 400h hybrid ($49,060) is another new crossover with a gas-electric engine, and so is the Mercury Mariner Hybrid, which joins its year-old cousin, the Ford Escape Hybrid. Among crossovers with conventional powertrains, the retro Chevy HHR small SUV ($16,990 for the LT model) harks back to the 1949 Suburban.
The Austin Chronicle: News: Naked City
Under Buy Green, Drive Clean, buyers of vehicles rated eight, nine or 10 on the EPA's Green Vehicle Guide, including the Honda Civic, Toyota Prius, and Ford Escape hybrids, not to mention plenty of nonhybrid models, are eligible for the free parking cards, valid in any of the city's 3,700 meters. The program follows the introduction of the city's ambitious program to encourage the production of plug-in hybrid vehicles, as well as last Thursday's Travis and Williamson county emission testing kickoff.
SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Hybrid Electric Vehicle
When the Sierra Club approached Ford Motor last year and offered to help promote the company's first hybrid electric vehicle, the company spurned the olive branch ... Last year, Ford became the first automaker to offer the public a hybrid electric vehicle on par with those offered by Toyota and by Honda Motor - a version of its Ford Escape SUV. Ford will be about three years ahead of GM and DaimlerChrysler in offering Americans a hybrid comparable to the Toyota Prius. Available at the end of the summer, the Escape Hybrid combines the fuel economy and emissions benefits of a full hybrid with the go anywhere capability, toughness and spaciousness of the Ford Escape, America's favorite small SUV. Escape Hybrid is the first hybrid electric vehicle that can comfortably accommodate five adults and their gear. Source: Ford Motor Company. Available at the end of this summer, it combines the fuel economy and emissions benefits of a "full" hybrid with the go-anywhere capability, toughness and spaciousness of the Ford Escape, America's favorite small SUV. Escape Hybrid is the first hybrid electric vehicle that can comfortably accommodate five adults and their gear. "No-compromise utility separates Escape Hybrid from other 'green' vehicles," Wright says.
Jalopnik - ford
Face time is a beautiful thing. Driving a captain of industry like Bill Ford around in an Escape Hybrid is apparently enough for mainstream media journalists to freak out and pledge fealty to an automotive brand.
Hybrid Center :: Consumer Center :: Incentives
The total tax credit would be capped at $6,000. This would currently apply to the Ford Escape Hybrid and Mercury Mariner. Models expected to be released in 2006 that would qualify for this extended credit would be the Toyota Camry Hybrid (built in Kentucky) and the Nissan Altima Hybrid (built in Tennessee).
Advanced Automotive Batteries
While other automakers at first accused Toyota of selling hybrids at a loss, they have begun to follow Toyota into the market. Ford Motor Co. (F: Research, Estimates) said on Wednesday it expects to sell 18,000 to 22,000 Ford Escape hybrid sport utility vehicles a year, beginning next year. General Motors Corp.
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