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Ford pumps $135 milliion into electric vehicle development

GasBuddy Blog -- Ford is investing $135 million to develop more electrified vehicles to compete better against Toyota, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Toyota is the automaker that continues to dominate the hybrid powertrain market having sold more than 186,200 hybrids in the U.S. through July, or 75% of all 249,300 hybrids sold in the U.S. in that period.

Ford, by comparison, sold only 9,300 in that period, according to data from HybridCars.com and is obviously looking to close the gap.

Ambitious plans to say the least. How will they sell more and better electric vehicles? By offering high mileage vehicles that many of us on Main Street might actually be able to afford!

Business reporter Alisa Priddle says Ford...

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Looks like Ford thinks that there may be a future in electric cars.
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Good for them. I kinda like the direction Ford is going. They have some good looking newer models, they didn't take the bailout $ and the new Mustang is a beast.
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