Bill Ford II's Vision beyond this Crisis

[Chuck]

Has connections with Obama team - goal of a greener future

Bill Vlasic - New York Times - Nov. 25, 2008

Here's to him doing better than the team he owns -- Ed.

As the Detroit auto companies contend with their worst financial crisis in decades, the most famous American auto executive has stayed largely out of sight.

But William C. Ford Jr., the executive chairman and scion of the founding family of the Ford Motor Company, has been preparing for a bigger role in the industry’s plan for survival.

While General Motors and Chrysler plead to Congress for a bailout, Mr. Ford has reached out to President-elect Barack Obama in hopes that his company can benefit from the administration’s longer-term strategies for the auto industry..... [Read More]

[Right Lane Cruiser]

This certainly sound promising -- I hope they can follow through on their plans and bring some really compelling products to market.

[Showbizk]

He seems to be one of the more encouraging examples of high-level leadership in the American auto industry.

[jsmithy]

"Mr. Ford said they focused on a few specific, industrywide issues. One was government help to put more electric cars on the road."

I hope they are serious about this.