Saturday, September 7, 2013

Ford doubling 1.0L EcoBoost engine production

Ford doubling 1.0L EcoBoost engine production

Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost three-cylinder engine hasn't been around that long, but it sounds like the engine is getting to be fairly popular in the automaker's global car lineup. The Detroit News is reporting that Ford has add a second shift that will allow its German engine plant to double daily output from 500 engines to 1,000. The increased capacity is part of a plan to sell more than 300,000 vehicles a year with this engine in Europe by 2015.

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