Ford offers a variety of cars, trucks, SUVs and many other products and services to the automotive consumer. Ford is in its second century of business and is located in Dearborn, MI.

Mission Statement

“To help battle climate change, we’re pursuing multiple technological paths and working to find solutions that align with our plans to create safer, more fuel-efficient, quality products customers want to drive.”

http://www.ford.com/about-ford/company-information/corporate-sustainability

Environmental Efforts/Products

• 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid: The Fusion is a normal looking car at a reasonable hybrid price of around $27,000 but has some innovative green design features. With a nickel-metal hydride battery, the Fusion uses similar technology to the Toyota Prius and gets 39 miles per gallon overall average gas mileage.
• A Greener Way to Paint Vehicles: Working with U-Haul to put on the road the industry’s first fleet of vehicles painted with Ford’s environmentally responsible new technology, which produces 15 percent fewer greenhouse gases than the traditional method and cuts Ford’s production costs.

² The technology combines an advanced chemical formulation of high-solids, solvent-borne paint with an innovative three-wet application process that requires a smaller, less expensive and cleaner paint shop than traditional automotive paint facilities.

² In addition to reduced CO2 emissions, the new technology reduces volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions by about 10 percent. Ford estimates it can save approximately $7 per vehicle by cutting the time it takes to paint a vehicle by almost 20 percent as well as reducing the size of the traditional paint shop by nearly 15 percent.