
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991                   TAG: 9104110193
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: DEARBORN, MICH.                                LENGTH: Short

FORD SETS GOAL FOR MAKING PILOT ELECTRIC CARS

Ford Motor Co. said today it would build up to 100 electricity-powered vehicles by 1993 for U.S. and European testing as pilot production models before going into mass production.

Earlier this year, General Motors Corp. said it would build its Impact electricity-powered car at a Lansing assembly plant. Officials haven't said when production would begin, but there has been speculation that it could begin as early as 1993.

Chrysler Corp. has put fleets of alternative-fuel vehicles on the road, but the No. 3 automaker hasn't announced any production plans for an electricity-powered vehicle.

Each of the automakers is racing against a 1998 California deadline to produce vehicles with no emissions. California law requires that by that time, 10 percent of an automaker's sales in the state must be zero-emission vehicles, essentially mandating electric vehicles.

by CNB