Press Release

No: 1/1999
Date: 6 January 1999

Norway's Prime Minister welcomes Ford engagement in electric car project

“ The Norwegian Government welcomes the fact that Ford Motor Company now enters PIVCO Industries AS. In particular we find it interesting that Ford has chosen to support the development of Norway’s electric car “Th!nk”, and the environmentally more positive transport alternative which this project represents”.

Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik said this in a comment following today’s report that Ford Motor Company has bought 51 per cent of the shares in Norway’s PIVCO Industries AS.

“Through Ford’s technological resources and global sales network, PIVCO has now been offered a possibility for its electric car “Th!nk” to become a success”, the Prime Minister said.