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Ford builds 100,000th hybrid SUV, bakes a cake

Today, Ford celebrates a new milestone in the life of its hybrid SUV platform as the 100,000th vehicle rolls down the assembly line at the Blue Oval's Assembly Plant in Kansas City. This production total includes all Ford Escape Hybrids, Mercury Mariner Hybrids and Mazda Tribute Hybrids produced since 2004, the year that Ford launched its first ever fuel-saving gas/electric model. Perhaps now would be a good time to remind our readers that Ford hit the 60,000 hybrid mark in the 4th quarter of 2008, meaning that the automaker's federal ... Read more →

Mulally first to announce that he's driving to Congress, will take Escape hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski

Well whadda' ya know. At least one Detroit CEO is planning on driving down to Washington from the Motor City in a real, honest-to-goodness car SUV. We've grown a bit tired of hearing people talk ...

Carz4Girlz on how to get your parents to buy you an Escape hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2009 Escape Hybrid Girls Girlz, are you in the market for a new sport utility? If you are looking for help from your parental units, consider checking out ...

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 ...

Got an extra $90 grand? Consider a self-driving Escape hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've been taking a close look at many of the vehicles created for various DARPA challenges, and it finally appears as if some of the new technology gained by these trials is trickling down into the ...

Ford gives American Idol finalists Escape Hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the 2009 Escape Hybrid for a high res gallery While we were a bit surprised to see David Cook beat out David Archulata on last night's finale of American Idol, it was the contestants themselves who looked taken aback when they were handed the keys to brand new Ford Escape Hybrids in matching ...

Why is Ford only building 25,000 hybrid Escapes and Mariners this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 how the Escape is doing. Since the debut of the 2008 models a year ago, the Kansas City Assembly ...

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 ...

Ford delivers more flex-fuel Escape hybrids to Illinois 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ford turned over five of the twenty experimental flex-fuel Escape Hybrids they have built to the State of Illinois and the Illinois Corn Growers at the Farm Progress show in Decatur yesterday. Two more of the E85-capable hybrid crossovers will go Commonwealth Edison for use in their fleet. The ...

Testing the Ford Escape Hybrid on E85 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

From Domestic Fuel, we hear that VeraSun is currently testing Ford's Hybrid Escape using E85. The two-year test is meant to "demonstrate the benefit of converging flexible fuel and hybrid technologies." For some people, this combination of hybrid efficiency with farmer-friendly corn ethanol is just ...

Barak Obama swaps his hemi for a hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the photo for a huge high-res gallery of the 2008 Escape Hybrid When Sen. Barak Obama (D-Il) came to Detroit In May to speak to the Detroit Economic Club he was very critical of he local automakers for the poor fuel economy of their vehicles and their pushback against new fuel economy ...

Southwest Gas receives demonstration E85-capable Ford Escape hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

One of twenty E85 Escape Hybrids that Ford is letting fleets in six states test out was delivered to Southwest Gas in Las Vegas, Nevada today for use in customer service applications. Not long ago, the first three in the program were delivered to the Department of Energy, the Renewable Fuels ...

Ford recalls 527,000 Escapes, hybrid versions not part of the problem 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The bad news: Ford is recalling Escape SUVs again. The good news: If you have the hybrid version, like all those taxi drivers in NYC, or a new Escape, your SUV is fine. Ford announced yesterday that the company will recall about 527,000 Escape crossovers (2001-2004 model years) because of a safety ...

Ford's Kansas City assembly plant starts production on 2008 hybrid Escapes and Mariners 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

click the photo to see a 30+ high-resolution photos of the 2008 Escape Hybrid and more If it was just a normal Friday for you today, then you're not an employee at Ford's Kansas City assembly plant, where the new 2008 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner models started production today. Both the Escape ...

Does it look greener to you? The 2008 Ford Escape hybrid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Mazda's not the only one with a hybrid SUV at the Detroit Auto Show this week. Ford has brought along their 2008 Escape SUV, which is available with three powertrains: the standard 2.3-liter I-4, or an optional 3.0-liter V-6 and, thankfully, a full hybrid gas-electric version (Sanyo makes the ...

Some hybrids selling well, others dead in the water 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Overall hybrid vehicle sales are showing significant growth in 2006 compared to 2005, but not all the players are celebrating. Honda has only managed to move 4,924 Accord hybrids by the end of October, compared to 15,269 in 2005, a drop of 67.8 percent. The Civic hybrid on the other hand is up 25.3 ...

NY Times reviews the "overlooked" Ford Escape hybrid 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The 2006 Ford Escape hybrid has been in the news a bit lately for its recall, but the hybrid recently made the Times not for the possible safety issue, but because the paper is finally reviewing the "overlooked" hybrid (one reason it's overlooked is that Ford didn't really advertise the the hybrid ...

Philadelphia suburb might be heading into hybrid SUV land 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The greening of municipal fleets continues. The township of Warminster, Pennsylvania is the latest to think of saving gas money at the pump by turning in large SUVs for hybrid versions. In Warminster's case, the vehicles that may be removed from the fleet (if grants of $2,000 per vehicle come in ...

Washington buys more hybrids than gas cars for state fleet 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

For the 2006 model year, the state of Washington purchased 222 Toyota Prius cars compared to 218 gas-only models. The state also picked up some Ford Escape Hybrids and 390 flex-fuel vehicles. The state apparently gets a good deal on the Prius, paying about $2,000 below sticker. Does the state also ...

Amanda Unboomed across the country in a hybrid 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In 2005 Amanda Congdon became an internet superstar when she and her erstwhile former partner started up a daily video blog called Rocketboom. Their daily five "news" show quickly got enormously popular in large part due to Amanda's attractive looks and entertaining presentation style. Amanda's ...

Win a hybrid with a great photo of the National Parks 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Park Foundation (along with Casio and other federal agencies) is sponsoring a photo contest for photos taken on Federal Public Lands. The prizes include a Ford Escape Hybrid SUV, cameras and trips to national parks. The winning photo will also be used to promote the parks. The rules ...

Escape hybrid presentation in Denver 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

In just a little while (at 3 pm EST, if everything goes as scheduled), Ford is going to give a demonstration of its Escape Hybrid to Denver city officials, taxi industry folks and consumers in (and I'm not sure how they're going to get an Escape in there) the 3rd floor of the Law Library of the ...

Ford hybrid sales up 75 percent from March to April 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier today I wrote a post about Toyota’s inability to satisfy consumer demand for their hybrid Prius cars. Looks like some of those potential buyers drifted over to Ford. Ford reported yesterday that sales of it’s hybrids were up 75 percent in April compared to March, All Headline ...

Editorial: Critics missing the point when it comes to hybrids 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While at my parents' house for Easter, Dad read this headline from the Chicago Tribune to me over breakfast: "Gas price run-up not turning tide for hybrid SUVs."  He went on to summarize the article, which says that gas-electric hybrid SUVs like the Ford Escape Hybrid and the Toyota ...


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