December 28, 2004
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Hybrid Escape, Ford Hammered by Environmentalists
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"Ford's marketing talks
about the greening of the Blue Oval," he said. "It's
highly disingenuous if not outright false. Ford's advertising is
outrageously misleading because it paints the company as an
environmental leader when, in fact, it's exactly the
opposite." (From
DetroitNews)
Ford continues to receive the lion's share of criticism from
environmentalists, or at least American environmentalists,
because it's the most identifiable American automotive brand.
While none of the world's largest automakers deserve significant
kudos for their environmental efforts, Ford has not only slyly
reneged on publicly made pollution mandates, but continues to be
a pollution leader.
Just a few months ago, Ford brought "the world's first
hybrid SUV to market".
Big deal. How many did they bring to market, .000001%? I don't
think 20,000 Ford
Escape hybrids is even 1% of Ford SUV sales.
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