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Amidst severe financial troubles, Ford Motor Company quietly looks ahead to the green auto market and hopes to have 250,000 recyclable hybrid cars on the road by the year 2010.
The big headlines for Ford Motor Company have been centered around the extensive layoffs and plant closures slated for the next few years. But at the same time, the company came out with a plan to mass-produce recyclable hybrid cars that might just bring Ford back into the green. Tim O’Brien is the director of the Piquette Project. He joins host Steve Curwood from his office in Dearborn, Michigan.