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Ford hybrids don’t meet mileage claim, Consumer Reports says

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Mark Fields, incoming chief operating officer of Ford Motor Co., stands for a photograph with the Fiesta ST hatchback vehicle during the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles last Wednesday, Nov. 28.

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"This is the largest discrepancy that we've seen," Jake Fisher, Consumer Reports auto test chief, said in an interview. "Hopefully the EPA and Ford can look into this. It's important to get to the bottom of this and make sure that the claimed fuel economy is going to be what consumers find in the real world."