Ford to offer software update for Hybrids

[jmueller065]

Ford to offer free software upgrade for gas-electric hybrids to boost fuel economy

Why am I posting this here; because of the end of the article:

Ford also is expanding its electrification engineering team by 50%, to 500 salaried employees, as it sees demand for hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles growing, Nair said.

The automaker said it will invest $50 million to augment product development and testing with new equipment and better battery testing by the end of the year.

One would hope that some of those 500 employees will help out with debugging the nagging issues in our vehicles!

 

[jeffand]

This is good news. It shows Ford continued commitment to electric vehicles by their willingness to increase research in to the technology. It also shows that that there is a market demand for hybrid and plug in vehicles. At least Fords marketing people see it this way.