Record Searchlight - Speakers and displays at the EV Expo included other automobile alternatives such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and "plug-in hybrids" -- commercial gas-electric hybrid cars modified with added batteries. It was packed, Rogers said. "About 800 people
Ford Motor Co. will recall 6,164 Escape hybrid sport-utility vehicles for inspections because a drive-train shaft may fracture, a U.S. agency said.
Ford recall Undated--Ford is recalling 145,000 vehicles for safety reasons. The recall involves the 2005 Ford Five Hundred and Montego sedans as well as the 2005-06 model Freestyle minivans.