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Posted on Tue, Jul. 30, 2002
Ford Talks to Toyota on Hybrids -WSJ  Reuters

NEW YORK - Ford Motor Co., the world's number two
automaker, is looking at how to offer Volvo, Land Rover,
Mazda and some of its other brands with electric-gasoline
"hybrid" engine systems, the Wall Street Journal reported on
Tuesday.

The paper said talks had taken place with Toyota Motor Corp
on a possible engine technology collaboration.

Toyota and Honda Motor Co are the world's only automakers to
sell hybrid vehicles which combine an internal combustion
engine with an electric motor to make them up to twice as
economical in fuel as ordinary cars of the same size.

To reduce the cost of this still-developing engine
technology, Ford has been negotiating with Toyota and
certain suppliers, the paper quoted a Ford spokesman as
saying.

The aim would be to create a pool of common hybrid parts,
which would cut costs, and potentially make gas-electric
hybrid vehicles a growth opportunity for the automaker, the
paper said.

Ford plans to start producing a hybrid version of the Escape
sport- utility vehicle in late 2003.

Toyota, which made its name as the world leader in hybrid
technology in December 1997 when it launched the Prius, has
set itself a goal of producing 300,000 of the eco-friendly
cars a year by 2005 or 2006.

The world's third largest automaker has held discussions
with other automakers about supplying hybrids to them in
order to meet its ambitious production targets but has
declined to name its potential partners.

"We are in talks with many automakers but things have not
progressed to the stage where we can make an announcement,"
a spokesman for Toyota in Tokyo said.

The Journal said that Toyota acknowledged the talks with
Ford but offered few details.

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Wed, 31 Jul 2002, 3:00am EDT
Ford May Extend Program of Gas-Electric Hybrid Cars, WSJ
Says  By Alan Purkiss

Detroit, July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. may offer
Volvo, Land Rover, Mazda and other cars with hybrid
gasoline- electric power systems in the next few years, the
Wall Street Journal Europe reported, citing Prabhaker Patil,
who heads a team developing a hybrid version of the Escape
sports-utility vehicle.

Patil said Ford is talking with Toyota Motor Corp. and some
suppliers about cooperation in developing hybrid components,
the newspaper said, adding that Toyota and Honda Motor Co.
offer the only hybrid cars currently available in the U.S.

Ford plans to start making the hybrid Escape next year and
believes the vehicle, likely to cost about $25,000, could
become a mass-market item, the Journal said. The company is
``evaluating ... what other vehicle lines and platforms make
sense'' for the technology, it cited Patil as saying.

The Toyota Prius, a hybrid vehicle with an electric motor as
well as a gasoline engine, achieves 41 miles per gallon of
fuel.  (Wall Street Journal Europe 7-30 A4)
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