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WASHINGTON - In one of the company's largest export agreements, Ford will sell more than 30,000 North American-built vehicles in China, starting in 2009.

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MILWAUKEE – A test fleet of Ford Escape plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) is on the road as the result of an ongoing collaboration among Ford, Johnson Controls-Saft, Southern California Edison (SCE), and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

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DEARBORN, MI – Ford is helping to reduce potential driver distraction through ongoing research and the development of hands-free, voice-activated technologies.

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DEARBORN, MI – Ford Motor Company has completed the sale of its Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.

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DEARBORN, MI – Ford has decided to offer its Easy Fuel capless fuel-filler system as standard equipment across the Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury product lineups.

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BRENTWOOD, ESSEX – Ford has won Fleet Manufacturer of the Year at the 2008 Fleet World awards, presented annually to manufacturers achieving the highest possible level of excellence in their sector.

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DEARBORN, MI – The new six-speed automatic transmissions in the 2009 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner deliver more torque and use less energy at cruising speeds, which saves gas.

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DEARBORN, MI – Ford Motor Company has improved its Service Part Limited Warranty coverage on both new and remanufactured gas engine and transmission assemblies, increasing the terms from three years/75,000 miles to three years/100,000 miles, effective Apr. 1.

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DEARBORN, MI – Researchers at Ford's advanced driving simulator, Virtual Test Track Experiment (VIRTTEX), are devoting much of 2008 to study how active safety technologies in vehicles should alert drivers of potentially dangerous driving incidents.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is urging owners of certain unrepaired Ford, Lincoln and Mercury SUVs, pickup trucks, vans and passenger cars that contain a safety defect to bring their vehicles to dealer repair shops immediately to have the cruise control switch disconnected.

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IRVINE, CA - The Ford Motor Co. unit will introduce a new car-based concept vehicle at the 2008 North American International Auto Show. The 3-door LRX pushes Land Rover.

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