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Ford is following the same fashionable path to success adopted by Lexus. The giant company has decided to give a new meaning to old car parts, while celebrating its 100th year in the UK. The automaker proves that the fashion business and the auto industry have a thing in common: the passion for one-of-a-kind, innovat... |
4 January 2012
11:10 GMT |
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At times when water is becoming a scarcer and scarcer resource, major brands are thinking about new methods of reducing the global water usage, without impacting their overall production and profitability. Following this path, Ford has succeeded in cutting down on water by 62 percent over the last ten years, GreenB... |
4 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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Those of us who still wait for some presents brought by Santa should know that Ford is trying to help him complete his mission while greening up his attitude and methods.
Acknowledging the fact that Santa can be considered a major polluter, the team has converted the Evos concept into a turbo sled meant to replace ... |
27 December 2011
04:50 GMT |
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There is nothing better than green technologies combined with smart advertising and just the right amount of entertaining. This is exactly the strategy adopted by Ford, aiming to bring its new Fusion hybrid one step closer to its potential buyers.
The new app is available for Iphone, Ipad and Android and encourages... |
14 December 2011
10:24 GMT |
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It not that often that you see manufacturers coming to an agreement without being forced by one government institution or the other, but once in a while such a thing happens as it was the case recently when a series of automakers agreed to develop a universal charger for their electric cars.The group is comprised of ... |
13 October 2011
09:07 GMT |
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The days when we used coconuts in cakes or tropical drinks could soon be long gone, as the specialists at Ford and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are researching the use of coconut fiber reinforcement for molded plastic parts in vehicles.Based on the “Reduce, reuse and recycle” concept, Ford aims to reduc... |
6 October 2011
03:48 GMT |
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The electric vehicles offensive prepared by Ford includes five such models to be introduced in North America by 2012 and Europe by 2013. In the U.S., for example, the company is tracking more than 3,000 public charge stations in 2011, and expects that figure to quadruple by the end of 2013.Of those 3,000+, the Americ... |
5 October 2011
10:04 GMT |
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Take a good look inside the new Ford Focus the next time you have the chance, specifically at its instrument panel. Why? Because you’ll get the chance to see how a sustainable, plant-sourced castor oil-based foam offers a soft-touch texture.Taking much less time to produce, the castor oil blend castor oil blend... |
3 October 2011
10:30 GMT |
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Microsoft Auto-based Ford Sync has been installed on in excess of 3 million Ford vehicles in the past 3 years in North America alone. Ken Czubay, Ford vice president of U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service notes that the added feature is designed to kick up a notch the experience of Ford buyers. “Not only is it ... |
4 January 2011
07:31 GMT |
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A Chinese national admitted to stealing trade secrets from Ford, when he left the automaker's employment and moved back to his home country in 2006.Xiang Dong Yu, aka Mike Yu, 49, of Beijing, China, worked as a product engineer for Ford Motor Company between 1997 and 2007.At the end of 2006, Yu agreed to work fo... |
18 November 2010
08:18 GMT |
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You know, one can't help to simply love some of the deals made between some of the top companies in the automotive and consumer electronics segments, drivers being the ones who benefit most from these cross-market collaborations.And the latest deal of this type we've learned about has just been inked betwee... |
17 November 2010
02:35 GMT |
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Cars aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Google, but then again, just a few years ago, phones weren’t either. But as the web seeps through into more and more devices, cars get smarter. Ford already equips some of its cars with the rather interesting Ford Sync, a suite of dedicat... |
8 June 2010
12:04 GMT |
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At the end of May 2009, in an organized press event, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer was presented with a Ford Fusion Hybrid by none other than Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally. It was a very special Ford Fusion Hybrid, namely the 1 millionth car ever produced containing Ford SYNC, an in-car ... |
25 March 2010
11:25 GMT |
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Ford, one of the big players in the automotive industry, has issued an official report formally announcing its plans to include HD radios as a standard across many of its upcoming car models. The receivers, capable of pulling in digital radio signals for dramatically improved sound, boast iTunes tagging, a capability... |
30 December 2009
08:45 GMT |
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Ford has been confirmed as the first car maker to offer factory-installed HD radios equipped with iTunes tagging as a standard across a wide range of car models. The products are slated for introduction at the US trade show CES in January 2010. According to various sources covering the topic, the move will see Ford c... |
29 December 2009
09:49 GMT |
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Empire, the game developer, has announced that its Off-Road game will be ported to the Nintendo Wii gaming console, making full use of the Ford license it currently possesses.Ford has been rather slow in admitting the value of damage in a racing game. They even created a contract clause that made sure that their cars... |
14 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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The Windows platform is becoming ubiquitous in a sense that goes beyond the near-monopoly on the client operating system market. The fact of the matter is that the Windows brand and product is slowly but surely making its way into all aspects of the mundane life. The video embedded at the bottom of this article is an... |
17 January 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Told you the PS2 lives on! Xplosiv has recently gone public announcing Off Road for Sony's PS2 and PSP, Nintendo's Wii and of course, PC. The game is part of Xplosiv's ambitious Ford license series, which now takes the franchise away from the tracks and urban streets of its predecessors, to rugged, tou... |
14 January 2008
06:47 GMT |
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Sync is a product built via a partner ship between Microsoft and Ford. This is by no means the sole venture of the Redmond company's into the automotive industry, but judging by the first two videos embedded at the bottom of this article it has the potential to be the funniest. Neither Microsoft nor Ford seem sh... |
9 November 2007
03:41 GMT |
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Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves, as you're about to see the ultimate RC car! The smart fellows from Ford have developed the coolest, funkiest and probably the biggest GT Nitro Gas RC car ever. To be more precise, the car measures 38 x 15 x 12 inches and weighs about 16 kilos.The vehicle comes with an asse... |
29 October 2007
05:17 GMT |
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