The Detroit News plans to move the following stories for clients of the New York Times News Service for editions of Thursday, April 1, 2010. For questions, contact: News desk: 313.222.2533 Sports desk: 313.222.2260 Features desk: 313.222.2480 Business desk: 313.222.2738 BUSINESS ('f') HYBRIDS (New York) -- The buzz in New York is all about hybrids, with every automaker from VW to Lincoln to Porsche to taking the wraps off coming hybrid models. And almost as if on cue, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the government has ordered more than 5,000 hybrid vehicles. The White House said the announcement shows the administration's 'commitment to leading by example on fuel efficiency.' The green focus comes as GM rolled the first test production Volt off the line in Hamtramck this week. Still, the race to build electric vehicles will start slowly. GM plans to build just 4000 Volts through next summer. In other green developments: Mazda announces its new diesel strategy; BMW debuts its 5 series. Other new products unveiled. By David Shepardson. Developing. MULALLY (New York) -- At the opening of NY Auto Show press days, Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally calls on policymakers to do more to support the industry's efforts to develop greener vehicles and new powertrain technologies, saying carmakers cannot do it alone. Mulally said in an interview he's heartened by U.S. decision to drill offshore for oil because shows White House making energy policy a priority. He's also pleased to see that final rules on fuel economy His comments came as the Obama administration is expected to announce on Thursday final fuel economy rules for 2012-2016 models. By Bryce Hoffman. Developing. HOWES (undated) -- Ford's Mulally says the auto industry's green tech revolution will falter without greater government support. General Motors confirms that its first Chevrolet Volt, its game-changing electric car, rolled off a metro Detroit assembly line this week. Japan's Nissan Motor Co., an alternative-fuel skeptic, surprises with the Leaf electric car that will cost close to $22,000 when all the incentives are baked in. And how does the enviro-correct Obama Administration greet all this green news coming from the New York Auto show? With a proposal to open vast tracts of America's coastal waters to off-shore drilling. Is it me, or am I the only person waiting for 'April Fool's.' By Daniel Howes. Developing. UAW (undated) -- The United Auto Workers netted $1.78 billion from its sale of 362 million Ford stock warrants. That's more than was estimated. . By Bryce G. Hoffman and Robert Snell. Developing. BMW (undated) -- Germany's luxury carmakers are gaining on Lexus, Toyota Motor Corp.'s top-selling premium brand. BMW hopes to increase momentum with the rollout of a new 5 Series making its North American debut this week in New York. BMW's US chief executive Jim O'Donnell speaks to The Detroit News about BMW's prospects. By Christine Tierney. Developing TOYOTA (undated) -- Toyota Motor Sales is not letting up its pricing pressure on the industry. Toyota's sales surged 40 percent in March compared with last year after the automaker offered some of its deepest discounts ever to cope with the fallout of millions of recalls. The incentives were scheduled to end April 5, but Toyota Group Vice President Bob Carter said some will continue into the spring, including an offer of free maintenance for return Toyota customers. By Christine Tierney. Developing. BURGESS-DODGERAM-REV (undated) -- 2010 Dodge Ram Power Wagon. This truck is just too big to fail-- great for off roading, not so great around town.By Scott Burgess. Developing. METRO ('a') HUTAREE (Detroit )--An undercover federal agent attended training exercises with the Hutaree in 2009, at which members of the radical milita group known as the Hutaree detonated explosive devices, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Waterstreet, offering evidence at a detention hearing for eight of the nine defendants, said the leader of the group 'wanted to own his own country.' David Stone Sr. believed the group was about to go to war with 'the brotherhood,' which he defined as all local state and federal law enforcement officers, Waterstreet said. Stone believed spouses of all law enforcement officers also should be killed, he said. Prosecutors are making a case to keep the defendants locked up pending trial. The lengthy hearing was still under way late in the afternoon. By WILKINSON and Paul Egan. Developing. ENTERTAINMENT ('e' designation) JANELLE-MONAE (undated) -- Android-obsessed R&B/ indie rock chick Janelle Monae plays St. Andrews Hall on April 2. She talks to the News about finding balance in her life (the theme of her new single 'Tightrope,' which has been blowing up the Internet), as well as why it's a bad idea to unplug an android in the rain (hint: It has to do with popsicles). By Adam Graham. Developing. TVREV-MIAMIMEDICAL(undated) -- Jerry Bruckheimer is at it again. With five shows on CBS, he's upping the ante by adding the new hospital drama 'Miami Medical.' The show debuts Friday and has all the right ingredients -- Bruckheimer, casting, budget, action, doctors yelling medical terms -- but is it any good? We review. By Mekeisha Madden Toby. Developing. MOVIEREV-VINCENT (undated) -- 'Vincere' (not rated): This thoroughly Italian, impassioned film about Benito Mussolini's abused mistress and son offers a bold look at power, paranoia and betrayal in a little-known corner of history. In Italian with English subtitles. (128 minutes) GRADE: A-. By Tom Long. Developing. 