WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford sits with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is joining forces with two green energy companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa, California, to redevelop the plant into an energy park. Getty Images logo Getty Images 29 months ago

WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford sits with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is joining forces with two green energy companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa, California, to redevelop the plant into an energy park.