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Detroit church turns Sunday into SUVday with prayer for auto industry

In some parts of the world, it's normal to take along saints or other holy images for a Procession to ask for rain, a good crop or other benefit. A similar idea caught the minds of people at Detroit's Greater Grace Church, where the pastor made a symbolic move on SUVday Sunday to pray for the future of the car industry. The objects of prayer? Three hybrid SUVs: a Ford Escape, Chevy Tahoe, and Chrysler Aspen. The holy trinity joined the Rev. Charles Ellis on the altar while many employees from the auto industry sat in the pews. While using ... Read more →

European Ford Focus coming to US in 2010! Third shift added now Sam Abuelsamid

Ford is responding to the dramatic shift in vehicle sales in recent months by culling truck production and adding passenger car production as quickly as they can. One of the few bright points in ...

Top 5 hybrid SUVs available today, number 1: Ford Escape Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click the 2009 Escape Hybrid for a high res gallery We've spent plenty of seat time behind the wheel of the Ford Escape hybrid. The last time we had one, it managed to return an average of thirty ...

LA County ocean lifeguards find themselves in Ford Escape Hybrids Xavier Navarro

Ford is providing Los Angeles County Ocean Lifeguards with 45 customized Escape Hybrids. The Escapes will be used to patrol 72 miles of Southern California coastline. According to Mike Frazer, chief ...

Why is Ford only building 25,000 hybrid Escapes and Mariners this year Sam Abuelsamid

Click the 2009 Escape Hybrid for a high res gallery Prior to our drive of the 2009 Ford Escape the other day, several Ford representatives talked about the changes for the new model year along with ...

ABG First Drive: 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the 2009 Escape Hybrid for a high res gallery When we visited with the 2008 Ford Escape hybrid last year, it had just received a whole new look. It went from the softer, rounder appearance of the first-generation model that debuted in 2001 to a sharper-edged look more in keeping with its big ...

Top two American Idol finalists will get Ford Escape hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford is really going all-out to promote its hybrids. Latest case-in-point: the last two finalists in this season's popular FOX television series American Idol will receive a Ford Escape hybrid. The American Idol giveaway comes right after a heavily promoted fictional hybrid Ford mustang in NBC's ...

Videos: kids explain how cars harm the planet, Ford Escape hybrid daughter commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Kids_explain_how_cars_harm_the_planet_Videos'; The video above is the Climate Kids ad where children are asked how do cars harm the planet. There responses are what you might expect from kids except for the second to last kid who understands it better than ...

Plug-in hybrid Ford Escape at EVS23 Monday 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the things we are really looking forward to reporting back to you from EVS23 (International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition) December 2-5 in Anaheim, California, are details on the first plug-in Ford Escape Hybrid. Ford will have test drives, interviews and photo opportunities ...

Marketing follows consumer's interests (duh) but is it just a lot of talk? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As fuel prices rise and environmental awareness spreads, fuel economy - which has always been a priority to a consumer - has gradually risen to the top of the priority list like cream in old milk. Ford isn't pushing its popular F-150 or Mustang as much anymore. Instead, they're touting the ...

Ford of India's new SUV/polar bear ad could be considered a tad insensitive 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Something tells me that Ford of America and Ford of India do not share any information or assistance when it comes to advertising and marketing strategies. With all of the thought that apparently goes into advertising, one might think that somebody would have realized that this new ad in India - ...

Chicago gets its first hybrid cab 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The hybrid taxi movement is spreading to Chicago today as a brand new Ford Escape hybrid goes into service. Driver Cheikh "Bamba" Dione will be driving the new Escape out the Chicago Carriage Cab on his way to saving $6,000 a year in fuel costs. The Escapes that have been operating New York city ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a huge high-res gallery of the 2008 Escape Hybrid Last November, Ford introduced the second generation of their Escape compact SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show with a new look to fit in with the latest Ford Trucks. When the original was introduced in 2001 it had a rounder, ...

Ford touts their Escape Hybrid taxi success 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In the wake of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement that all taxis in the city would be hybrids by 2012, Ford is doing their part to make sure they keep a significant market share after the Crown Vics are phased out. The Escape Hybrid first entered service as a cab in San Francisco in ...

U.S. Army looks to Quantum for mobile hydrogen refuelling 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've mentioned fuel cell manufacturer Quantum a few times recently in conjunction with their hydrogen storage systems being selected by General Motors for the fleet of fuel cell powered Equinoxes GM are building, plus via their supply of hydrogen fuel systems and storage to Ford for its Escape ...

Ford loves ethanol 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Ford E85 Escape Hybrids. Ford unveiled the Escape Hybrid E85 flex-fuel SUV last month at the DC Auto Show. The 85 percent ethanol-capable Escape looks like its just the start of many projected flex-fuel vehicle (FFV) models being produced ...

That shiny new hybrid is going to save you money 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A new study by Los Angeles-based Intellichoice.com, which specialises in automotive cost-of-ownership data, says that despite higher initial prices, hybrid buyers are still the winners when you factor in costs of financing, fuel, insurance, state taxes and license fees, repairs, maintenance and ...

Oakland Park looks to hybrids to replace old vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The city of Oakland Park recently selected the Ford Escape hybrid as the replacement for one of its 11 city vehicles. The Community Development Department will be using the eco-friendly compact SUV which replaces a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier. Oakland Park is one of the latest Floridian cities and ...

2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid: In the Autobloggreen garage, Day 1-2 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The first car to show up in the AutoBlogGreen garage for a few days was a 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid, the slightly more upscale cousin of the Ford Escape Hybrid. The Mariner Hybrid didn't earn its spot in the ABG garage because of its luxury features, however. The main reason for us having a ...

Hybrid cars might be more cost-advantageous than Consumer Reports originally reported 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Walter McManus over at Hybrid Cars published a little mea culpa about his recent estimates of the real-world cost of owning and operating a hybrid vehicle. His estimates of the costs from a few weeks ago showed, like the recent Consumer Reports numbers, that most ended up being cost disadvantages ...


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