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Driving Hybrid Disbelievers Into the Fold

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Published at: www.washingtonpost.com

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Ford Is Determined To Make The Fusion Hybrid Using A Japanese Battery In A Power Train Manufactured In Mexico And Installed In A Car Assembled In Mexico By Low Paid Mexican Workers From Mexican Made Components.So, Tell me Again, Please, How Does This Stimulate Employment In The USA??

March 13, 2009

Ford manufactures all of its current hybrid models, both of them, the Ford Escape and the Mercury Mariner, in its Kansas City Assembly plant. It has now begun production of two additional models, the Ford Fusion and the Mercury Milan,  at the same facility. Ford's plan, however, is to move production of the Fusion and Milan hybrids to its Hermosillio, Mexico assembly plant. This move will turn the Fusion and Mariner hybrids into Mexican vehicles assembled using a Japanese designed power train with the key component made in Japan. Why should anyone believe that this will stimulate the American economy or create jobs in the USA for American workers?