Not long after Ford Motor Co. decided to increase production of its hybrid electric vehicles in late 2011, officials opened discussions with the company's engine supplier,Toshiba International Corp., about shifting production closer to home. Detroit was considered, but not for long. Toshiba already had a perfect location, albeit a little farther down the road. Houston. Toshiba produces far more than televisions and laptops, of course. Inside its sprawling 1.2 million-square-foot facility northwest of downtown Houston, its focuses include other power electronics, transmissions and distribution systems, and motors and drives-including, since 2012, those HEV engines for Ford. While the facility is one time zone, five states and more than 1,300 miles south of Detroit, it's plenty close thanks to the Port of Houston, normally one of the two largest in the country depending on the measurement, and the company's existing facility.
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机译：福特汽车公司（Ford Motor Co.）在2011年底决定增加其混合动力汽车的产量后不久，官员就与该公司的发动机供应商东芝国际公司（Toshiba International Corp.）展开了讨论，将生产转移到更近的地方。考虑了底特律，但时间不长。东芝已经拥有了一个绝佳的地理位置，尽管距离道路更远了。休斯顿当然，东芝生产的电视和笔记本电脑远远超过了电视。在其位于休斯顿市区西北部占地120万平方英尺的庞大设施内，其重点包括其他电力电子，变速箱和配电系统，以及电动机和驱动器，包括自2012年以来用于福特的HEV发动机。尽管该设施是底特律的一个时区，五个州并且位于底特律以南1300英里处，但距休斯敦港口（根据测量通常是该国最大的两个港口之一）以及该公司的现有设施相距甚远。
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