Ford Plug-In Hybrid Hits California Streets

  WHAT:     Ford delivers first Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid to Southern
            California Edison at Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS 23), a key
            milestone in a unique partnership between the automaker and the
            utility. Join us for demonstration drives and executive
            interview opportunities.

  WHEN:     Monday, Dec. 3, 2:45 p.m. PST
            -- 2:45 p.m. - Photo Opportunity: First Ford Escape Plug-In
               Hybrid delivered to Southern California Edison
            -- 3:00 p.m. - Interview opportunities (Sue Cischke, senior vice
               president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety
               Engineering, Ford Motor Company, Nancy Gioia, director,
               Sustainable Mobility, Ford Motor Company, and Ed Kjaer,
               director, Electric Transportation, Southern California Edison
            -- Short drives available

  WHERE:    EVS 23 - Anaheim Convention Center (Convention Way, Anaheim,
            Calif.)  Entrance to convention hall
            Directions:
            http://www.anaheimconventioncenter.com/article.cfm?id=33

  SUMMARY:  Ford's experience with hybrid technology in the groundbreaking
            Escape Hybrid is combined with new advancements in high voltage
            Lithium Ion batteries to create the new Ford Escape Plug-In
            Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). As part of a unique partnership
            between the automotive and utility industries, Southern
            California Edison will take possession of the first Ford PHEV
            for its research and demonstration fleet. Ford and Southern
            California Edison are combining their expertise to develop
            technology, business models, understanding of consumer usage
            patterns and the relationship between the vehicle and the
            electric grid to advance the commercialization of plug-in
            technology. Executives will be on hand for interviews. Short
            drives will be available for photo opportunities.

            The SCE-Ford collaboration, the nation's first partnership of
            this kind, will examine the future of PHEVs as part of a
            complete system that incorporates the vehicle, the home and the
            electricity grid. SCE's exhibit at EVS23 will illustrate how the
            PHEV will interface with the home, the new smart meters and the
            electricity grid.

            Media may register on-site or online at:
            www.electricdrive.org/evs23/