Ford to invest $ 4.5 incipiently
Ford car 12 announced that will invest $ 4.5 for its positive electric car plans for 2012 in the Michigan production of the next generation of hybrid electric and plug in hybrid cars. The company plans to launch electric vehicles this year.
Ford had previously announced, will spend $ 5.5 put Michigan assembly plant consists of large SUVs (SUV) production plant reconstruction become a modern automobile manufacture base of, from 2010 new generation Ford Fox (Gallery Forum) , 2011 start producing Fox pure cell electric vehicle. Additional investment of new scheme means that Ford is located in the State of Michigan, Wayne city factory will become a hybrid cars, hybrid cars and plug pure battery electric vehicle production base, all models are at the Ford brand new global intermediate car platforms.
Ford put into production this year will be the first pure electric version of the Ford Quan Shun (Gallery Forum) , all with the goal of electric vehicle distance each time charged to driving 129 km, one of the first cars will be later this year on the market. Redesign of pure battery version KIA cerato will be launched in 2011. Fox electric target distance each time charged to traveling 161 miles. There will be 2012 launches next generation hybrid electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, plug will also be based on the Ford global intermediate car platforms.
Ford said, apart from in the Michigan production KIA cerato-bike, the next generation of hybrid cars and plug-hybrid cars, will conduct its own battery system design and development, as well as their own in Michigan for next generation hybrid vehicle design advanced lithium-ion battery, the production of hybrid variable speed drive axle.
Ford with United States Michigan cooperation to accelerate electric vehicle plans. Michigan Council on economic growth, the Board has approved a package of incentives and tax concessions, totalling 1.88 billion. The program includes the Michigan State Legislature recently approved employment subsidies, Brown land subsidies and subsidies for the battery Assembly.
Chen Jie
(Diario)
[Edit: yiyangcai]