REPORT: More automakers increase production to meet Cash for Clunkers demand

The Ford Focus isn’t the only vehicle to have its production increased as a result of Cash for Clunkers. The government trade-in incentive program has resulted in a marked increase in demand for vehicles of all shapes and sizes, prompting many automakers to increase production in order to meet surging demand. But while the Obama Administration will be happy to see vehicles with particularly high MPG ratings on the list – American cars in particular – the top sellers are as diverse as the industry itself.

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  If you ask customers with old, inefficient vehicles that are about to be traded in for a $4,500 voucher towards the purchase of a new car, they’d undoubtedly call the Cash for Clunkers program a smashing success…
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  Ford Focus EV – Click above for high-res image gallery
  At a conference in Dearborn today with its utility and research partners, Ford announced a new intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications system…
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  When the company first announced it had changed the name from E-Flex to Voltec, and that it would be doing its own pack assembly in house, it came to me that selling Voltec to other automakers might be a good business plan.
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  2009 Ford Focus SES Coupe – Click above for high-res image gallery
  The first half of 2009 was so poor in terms of car sales that automakers had to shut down factories for weeks and even months at a time in order to keep inventory in check…

• REPORT: Trans. Dept. hires more people to process Cash for Clunkers dealer rebates quickly
• Ford announces electric vehicle-to-grid communications system
• Survey: U.S. automakers making improvements
• AP source: More workers to handle cash-for-clunkers rebates
• Winners in a Losing Market
• G.M. Opens Design Lab to Public
• CEO: GM Would Consider Selling Voltec Technology
• Cash for Clunkers to allow reservation of popular models that run out
• Trade-in program drives Ford to boost production
• Clunkers program to let buyers reserve vehicles

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