In its earlier sales estimates, Ford had said that it hoped to deliver 1.5 million EcoBoost powertrains annually by 2013.
Later this summer, Ford will expand its 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder to its full-size Taurus sedan, a combination that the EPA announced last week should net 32 mpg on the highway.
By the end of the 2012 calendar year, Ford will offer an EcoBoost-branded powertrain in eight different vehicles in the United States.
Ford global product development chief Raj Nair also told the Detroit Free Press that Ford is hard at work reducing its platform count. In 2011, Ford says that its products rode in 22 different platforms. By 2017, however, Nair says that Ford will be down to just 10 global underpinnings ranging from passenger cars to commercial vehicles to pickup trucks.
"We will have the youngest passenger car lineup over the next five years," Nair said.
