Thursday, August 16, 2012

Ford ups the voltage on electric vehicle development: Autoweek TV

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Thursday, August 16, 2012                 

Ford is hiring more engineers to work on its EV and hybrid cars.
Ford ups the voltage on electric vehicle development: Autoweek TV
08/16/12, 4:22 pm et
In this episode: Ford charges up its vehicle electrification group, we think about the looks of the new Chevrolet SS, and did BWM go the extra mile with its July sales?
TRANSCRIPT
-- Ford is investing big-time in EVs.
-- The Chevy SS is on the way.
-- And did BMW pad its sales last month? Stick around; we're going to tell you.
I'm Greg. This is Autoweek TV for Thursday.
--
Ford is spending $135 million to design parts for electric vehicles and to test batteries that will go into production this year.
Ford has also added more than 60 engineers in the last year just for EVs, which brings its total headcount to more than 1,000 in that field alone.
Ford wants to reduce the cost of hybrid ...


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