BusinessJuly 31, 2000
BUSINESS MEMO: BETTER FUEL ECONOMY
Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday that it plans to improve the average fuel economy of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent -- about 5 miles per gallon -- by 2005. The move comes during a summer that has seen gasoline prices reach record high levels in some areas and two months after Ford Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. startled the auto industry by saying SUVs are environmentally unfriendly gas chuggers...
Ford Motor Co. announced Thursday that it plans to improve the average fuel economy of its sport utility vehicles by 25 percent -- about 5 miles per gallon -- by 2005.
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The move comes during a summer that has seen gasoline prices reach record high levels in some areas and two months after Ford Chairman William Clay Ford Jr. startled the auto industry by saying SUVs are environmentally unfriendly gas chuggers.
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