Thread: Ford sees cost of hybrids coming down in 5-7 years
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Old 09-02-2005, 07:47 PM
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Default Re: Ford sees cost of hybrids coming down in 5-7 years
Hi Jason:

___5 to 7 years? Ford lost more then a ton of money this year and they do not have another 5 - 7 years!

___Martin, did BAS development cost as much as a brand new vehicle from scratch? The last I read was that it cost something like $500E6 to bring a brand new Japanese automobile from a sketch to the showroom via Japan’s own brand of manufacturing expertise. Non-hybrid of course … With that, it could not have cost anything near that amount to develop, design, implement, and manufacture a low level hybrid BAS setup to mate to the VUE’s Honda based ICE.

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net

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