Ford Escape Hybrid Begins Production

Last Thursday, Ford's first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (HEV) rolled off the production line, but it wasn't the tiny, tinny econobox that most associate with HEVs, but rather the world's first hybrid sport utility. The relatively conventional looking Titanium Green 2005 Escape Hybrid 4x4 eased off the line with Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford and Charlie Hoskin of the United Auto Workers National Ford Department behind the wheel.