Ford manufacturing 3 electric car models at 'green' Wayne plant

2012 Ford Focus hybrid and electric

Ford to build three electric models at 'green' Wayne plant. Ford Motor Co. announced today that the Michigan Assembly Plant will build the 2012 Ford Focus, as well as hybrid and electric versions of the compact car, on the same assembly line.

Ford spent $550 million to gut much of the plant that made full-size Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator sport-utility vehicles until November 2008 and reinvent it as a flexible car plant.

500 kW Solar for production

A 500-kilowatt solar panel system — Michigan's largest — will be installed to help generate renewal energy for production of the Focus models. Ten new electric vehicle charging stations on the property will be used to recharge the electric trucks that transport parts between adjacent facilities.

In 2012, a plug-in Focus hybrid will be added;

it will run on electricity.. The Fusion hybrid runs on electricity alone to 47 miles per hour, and then the gasoline engine kicks in and the car operates as hybrid. There also will also be a conventional hybrid version of the Focus

From The Detroit News: detnews.com