At the congressional hearings last week, GM, Chrysler and Ford made it a point to flaunt Detroit’s hybrids and electric cars. Again Ford, who is in the best shape out of the three, shined bright as CEO Alan Mulally drove up to D.C. in a Ford Escape Hybrid and talked up the company’s new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid which the company says gets 6 mpg more in the city than its Japanese rival - the Toyota Camry Hybrid.
Chrysler’s Nardelli drove up to the congressional hearings in an Aspen Hybrid, an SUV that the company doesn’t even produce anymore. Wagoner, on the other hand, drove up in a prototype of the upcoming Chevrolet Volt - a plug-in hybrid car that GM says won’t be profitable for at least another decade.
“We’re putting a lot of money into the Volt...
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