September 2004

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Ford Motor Co., meanwhile, is getting set to start shipping 30 fuel cell-powered Focus FCVs to organizations and local governments next month in Michigan, California, Florida and British Columbia. An August 10 story in the “Auto Insider” section of the “Detroit News” says the company has been “quietly assembling” the cars “on a slow-moving assembly line in an undistinguished concrete-block building” on the city’s east side. “Reminiscent of Henry Ford’s humble beginnings 100 years ago in a rented shop on Mack Avenue, the Mt. Elliott site isn’t owned by Ford,” the paper enthused. “It belongs to MSX International, a supplier of contract engineers that has worked on low-volume vehicle lines such as the SVT Mustang, Cobra R and the Dodge Viper.”