Ford Builds 500,000th EcoBoost Engine in the US

FordFordUnited States of America, 1903 > present92 models
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has built its 500,000th Ecoboost engine since production began in 2009, and it announced yesterday that North America will also get the 1.0 EcoBoost in the FiestaFord Fiesta Gen.6United States of America, 2008 > 2017204 versions
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next year. The 500,000th North American EcoBoost engine went into a Ford EscapeFord Escape Gen.3United States of America, 2012 > present10 versions
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at the Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky. 

The company's next goal is to take ToyotaToyotaJapan, 1937 > present155 models
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on in terms of fuel efficiency. As of December in North America, Ford will have eight cars that get better than 40mpg highway fuel economy. The Energi plug-in hybrid versions of the FusionFord Fusion Gen.2United States of America, 2012 > present30 versions
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and C-MaxFord C-MAX Gen.2United Kingdom, 2010 > present103 versions
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will add even more cars with better than 40mpg next year, and the Ford presumes that the Fiesta EcoBoost will also meet that figure late next year. 

The EcoBoost engines came to North America with the 3.5-liter V6 in the 2010 model year Taurus SHOFord Taurus SHOUnited States of America, 2010 > present3 photos
. The first year it sold just 9,946 EcoBoost engines. Sales jumped to 15,117 cars in 2010, and last year Ford sold 127,683 in North America. By the end of next year, Ford will offer EcoBoost engines in 15 cars in North America. It expects that 60% of new Fusions will be sold with EcoBoost engines, and 90% new Escapes will have them. 

Ford sold 141,000 EcoBoost engines in 2011.