| If you have not yet heard about it, the Ford Motor | | | | turned to hybrid electric vehicles for use in their areas |
| Company has been roaming key cities in the United | | | | as taxi cabs and even as municipal fleet vehicles. |
| States and it has been presenting the Ford Escape | | | | The 9th of August has been the scheduled date for |
| Hybrid. It is all part of increasing awareness of city | | | | the City of Austin in Texas. And what the Ford Motor |
| officials and of common citizens on the advantages | | | | Company would be doing here would be to present |
| and benefits that hybrid vehicles, like the Ford Escape | | | | the case study that they did on the Ford Escape |
| Hybrid, have to offer owners, drivers, and the | | | | Hybrid units that have been used as taxi cabs. The |
| environment as a whole. | | | | company would be presenting the data and |
| The company has already presented these pieces of | | | | information on this study to Austin's mayor, Mayor |
| information to various cities in the US which includes | | | | Wynn, along with the representatives from the city. |
| San Francisco in California, New York, and Chicago in | | | | Representatives from various organizations like Austin |
| the state of Illinois. And wherever they go, these cities | | | | Energy would also be there as well as managers of |
| are also able to successfully have hybrid-electric | | | | local commercial fleets. |
| vehicles used for various purposes. This move is also | | | | Presentation of this case study would be done on the |
| part of these cities' goals to have cleaner air and to | | | | mentioned date and would be held at Austin's city hall. |
| assist their citizens save on the high priced fuel. The | | | | At 11 in the morning, the Hybrid Taxi Technology Clinic |
| benefits of hybrids range from simple economic to | | | | would then begin and after half an hour, any person |
| hugely environmental. And maintenance is easy for | | | | who had questions about hybrid vehicles would be |
| sources of Ford Galaxie parts are also now offering | | | | able to shoot these away at the Ford Motor |
| replacement parts for this type of revolutionary vehicle. | | | | Company's experts. |
| San Francisco, New York, and Chicago have now | | | | |