All Ford articles – Page 6
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ArticleFord Europe study: Handheld in-car mobile phone use stays high
Ford visited 28 cities in 11 countries this summer to demonstrate new safety systems (Photo: Ford)A poll conducted by Ford in major European markets found that drivers continue to use handheld mobile phones, despite increased legislation aimed at curbing driver distraction.The survey of more than 4,300 drivers in Spain, Italy, ...
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ArticleTomTom offers semi-integrated navigation for Ford in Europe
TomTom offers automakers an opportunity to provide integrated navigation in lower segment models (Photo: TomTom)TomTom is expanding its offering of semi-integrated navigation solutions through a partnership with Ford of Europe.The Amsterdam-based navigation systems maker said it will integrate its Go LIVE 1000 and 1005 into Ford models by providing a ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress: The search for a connected business model
Willi Diez: Urban driving is not that much fun.FRANKFURT ”“ One thing was clear at last week’s first carIT Congress: Despite an abundance of new technologies coming to market, the auto industry is still hard at work to define business models for electric vehicles and the connected car.Speakers at the ...
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ArticleFord, Toyota to jointly develop hybrid systems
Ford and Toyota’s hybrid cooperation is part of a global trendFord Motor and Toyota said they will jointly develop an advanced hybrid system for light trucks and SUVs that will arrive later this decade.The announcement by the two companies continues a trend toward more targeted cooperation pacts between competing automakers,The ...
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ArticleFord offers solar roof for US Focus Electric
Ford is teaming up with SunPower to provide solar roofs for the Focus Electric (Photo: Ford)Ford Focus Electric buyers in the US will have the option to equip their car with a rooftop solar system that can feed electricity back to the grid and cover battery recharging costs.The carmaker is ...
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ArticleFord, Nuance testing better voice recognition
Ford wants voice control to respond to normal speech and not just to specific commands (Photo: Ford)Ford and its voice-technology partner Nuance Communications are testing new technologies to make in-car voice recognition systems work easier and more efficiently.The US carmaker would like its Sync infotainment system to recognize common words ...
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ArticleToshiba to provide inverters for Ford EVs
Toshiba Corp, which wants to grow its automotive business globally. said it will supply inverters for hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that Ford Motor plans to start mass-producing in 2012.The Japanese electronics group, which announced a year ago that it would manufacture drive motors for Ford EVs in its ...
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ArticleUS PlayStation now features a virtual Ford showroom
Ford’s showroom on PlayStation is designed to educate and entertain (Photo: Ford)Ford, claiming a first, has built a virtual showroom for users of Sony's Playstation videogame console.The US carmaker said North American PlayStation users can now visit the showroom and virtually inspect the Ford Fiesta and Ford Edge models."The Ford ...
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ArticleFord plans more N. American EVs; C-MAX will be hybrid-only
From 2012, Ford will sell the C-MAX in North America, but only as a hybrid (Photo: Ford)Ford is getting serious with its plans for electric vehicles.The U.S. carmaker announced Thursday it is tripling its production capacity of electric vehicles in North America by 2013. And it will bring to North ...
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ArticleFord improves Crew Chief fleet management system
Ford says its new Crew Chief fleet management system will allow fuel savings of up to 20% (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor has improved its U.S. Crew Chief fleet-management system by giving it direct access to proprietary Ford data contained within a vehicle's onboard computers.The U.S. car and truckmaker said Crew Chief, ...
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ArticleFord steps up quality drive, using laser robots for inspection
Laser robots inspect the quality of a new Ford Focus built at the company’s Michigan Assembly plant (Photo: Ford)Ford hopes to boost quality through a major investment in robots that can check for problems using laser technology.The U.S. based carmaker said it is investing $100 million globally to install laser ...
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ArticleFord wants to use Sync for in-car health monitoring
Using Ford Sync, diabetic drivers may soon be able to monitor their glucose levelsFord is studying whether it's in-car telematics system - Sync - can be used to monitor health issues in drivers.The U.S. carmaker said its researchers are developing a series of possible in-car health and wellness connectivity services ...
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ArticleBill Ford warns for global automotive gridlock
Bill Ford believes car-to-car communication can help alleviate increasing road congestionBill Ford warned that producing more green cars won't solve the problem of increasing overcrowding on the world's roads."A green traffic jam is still a traffic jam," Ford warned in an essay written for the U.S. business magazine Fortune.Ford said ...
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ArticleUsing Google's predictive software, Ford cars may get a lot smarter
With the help of Cloud computing, analytics and Google's predictive software, the car of the future can learn a driver's habits and help improve vehicle performance.Ford researchers are testing whether a car can be made smart enough to independently change its performance to deliver optimal driving characteristics and fuel efficiency. ...
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ArticleBosch supplies direct-drive wipers for Ford Focus
With Bosch’s system, the wipers are mounted directly on the drive shafts for the two motorsRobert Bosch is supplying a direct-drive programmable wiper system for the new Ford Focus.The new wipers are especially compact and lightweight and require no mechanical linkage. This frees up space and reduces weight, the German ...
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ArticleNorwegian Post is Ford's 1st European customer for Transit Connect Electric
The Ford Transit Electric is the first of five electric Ford vehicles to be launched globallyThe Norwegian Post will be the first European customer of Ford's Transit Connect Electric delivery van.The automaker said the government agency has ordered 20 vans, which will be delivered this year. The Post has an ...
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ArticleCeBIT: Mulally: 2 million Sync-equipped Fords in Europe by 2015
Ford CEO Alan Mulally said Tuesday he expects nearly 2 million Sync-equipped vehicles on European roads by 2015.In a keynote address at the CeBIT high-tech fair in Hanover, Mulally said he was confident the Sync voice-controlled connectivity system , which has been sold 3 million times in the US, will ...
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ArticleMulally to discuss Ford's European SYNC rollout at CeBIT
Ford CEO Mulally, seen here at the Detroit auto show in January, will speak at CeBIT March 1Ford CEO Alan Mulally will use a keynote address at the CeBIT high-tech trade fair next month to further highlight the US automaker’s in-car infotainment solutions.Ford said Mulally, who spoke at the Consumer ...
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BSQUARE expands Ford telematics testing facility
BSQUARE is expanding the Telematics Competency Center it established with Ford Motor Company last year.The Bellevue, Washington-based maker of connected devices is a key product development partner and system integrator for Ford’s MyFordTouch infotainment interface.BSQUARE is working with Ford on the next generation of the automaker’s in-vehicle infotainment systems."This expansion ...
