This is the first time Ford offered a timeline for producing plug-in hybrids. The news came from FoMoCo’s CEO, Mr. Alan Mulally who said that within 10 years we will start to see this technology in our hands.
Mullaly also announced an alliance between the No. 2 American automaker and utility Southern California Edison to test 20 rechargeable electric vehicles.This alliance was made because of the relationship of the two chief executives, both being linked to Boeing Corp(according to Autonews, Mulally was Boeing’s executive vice president before joining Ford in September 2006 and Bryson is a director of Boeing).
According to Ford’s CEO, the rollout of the plug-in hybrids depends on the developing of the lithium-ion batteries that will be charged by the car’s owners using regular household electrical outlets.
Ford engineers and the researchers from Southern California Edison will test together in the “real world” the 20 plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Many environmental advocates see the hybrid vehicles as the best available technology to reduce the petrol consumptions and with this the CO2 emissions because the plug-in hybrids are to use little or no gasoline over short distances and at lower speeds.
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