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ROSEMEAD, Calif. - Ford Motor Co expects to sell plug-in hybrids in the next five to 10 years, the automaker's Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Monday.
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"Within five to ten years we will start to see this technology in our hands," Mulally said at an event to mark a partnership between Ford and Southern California Edison to explore the feasibility of the rechargeable electric vehicles. When asked if that meant plug-in hybrids would be available on showroom floors, Mulally said yes. Mulally declined to give a more precise production target. "I can't go further than that," he said. "We will know a lot more in the next few years." The remarks were the first time the No. 2 US automaker has offered a timeline for producing plug-in hybrid vehicles, which many environmental advocates see as the best available technology to reduce gas consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
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