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  • Engineers putting wasted engine heat to good use: improving fuel economy

    Gasoline-powered, internal combustion engines are notoriously inefficient. Some estimates say as much as 70 percent of the fuel's energy is lost to friction and heat. An Automotive News story has engineers saying that only three percent is due to friction…
  • With Ford's RUTH robot measuring quality is no longer a guessing game, it's science

    That's RUTH. In the end, she really amounts to a big robot arm with six joints, but Ford clearly has a soft spot for the faceless employee. First utilized in Europe, the Robotized Unit for Tactility and Haptics is currently at work helping to tweak the…
  • Ford developing Traffic Jam Assist, evolving active parking system

    Ford Motor Company is researching and developing intelligent, next-generation driving technologies designed to help address traffic jams and other future mobility challenges that come with rapid urbanization and population growth around the world. Ford…
  • Eight Automakers Working with SAE on Combined Charging System to Consolidate All Types of EV Charging

    A group of automakers — Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, and Volkswagen — is announcing a new charging standard for electric vehicles at Electric Vehicle Symposium 26. The new standard uses a single plug to handle all types…
  • Ford Mustang celebrates 48 years

    On April 17, 1964, at the World's Fair in New York, Henry Ford II brought the world its first pony car, the Ford Mustang. In a move that would never be possible today, cars were taken to dealerships for sale prior to the reveal. Ford sold 22,000 units…
  • You Can Reboot Your Computer; Why Not Your Car?

    Owners of late-model Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles recently received something unusual in the mail: a thumb-sized USB flash drive. Ford Motor mailed more than 250,000 of the tiny data storage devices to its customers in response to widespread criticism…
  • Discover the Evolution of the Connected Car: Freescale [VIDEO]*

    Many in the automotive industry believe that the automobile will undergo more changes in the next 15 years than it has since its inception 125 year ago. In this video Tim Nixon, Karla Wallace and Mike Grimes from GM, as well as John Schneider from Ford…
  • Ford now holds 461 patents on hybrid technology, up from 10 in 2000

    Ford Motor Company now holds 461 patents on its hybrid technology, up from 10 in 2000. In the last three years, the number of inventions submitted to Ford’s legal team to be considered for patents has increased more than 25%. The development work began…
  • 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Convertible - 2012 Chicago Auto Show

    Packing all of the exhilaration of its coupe counterpart into an open-air alternative experience, the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 proved a major crowd pleaser at its Chicago debut. Arriving in the same venue that 20 years earlier had played host to the very…
  • Ford to Open Research Lab in Silicon Valley in 2012

    Ford has announced plans to open a Research and Development lab in Silicon Valley in early 2012, the first such facility the company has ever opened on the west coast. It’s hardly a surprising move, though, since car tech increasingly merges with information…
  • Ford EcoSport concept revealed

    This is the new Jigglypuff concept from Ford . SOME FACTS: it's based on Fiesta undergubbins, Ford's new 118bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder EcoBoost engine will be an option and it's being unveiled at the 2012 Delhi auto show. Oh, and isn't actually called…
  • Panasonic Choke Coil For Automotive Applications

    PANASONIC POWER CHOKE COIL HIGH HEAT RESISTANCE AND HIGH RELIABILITY WITH METAL COMPOSITE CORE Series: PCC-M0754M PCC-M0854M PCC-M0850M PCC-M1054M PCC- M1050M RECOMMENDED APPLICATIONS: Noise Filter For Various Drive Requiring High Temp,Operation And Peak…
  • Microsoft Moves Closer to Dominating Your Dashboard

    Ford’s Microsoft-powered Sync system has been a huge hit with car buyers and t he one bit of sunshine in the Blue Oval’s gloomy outlook. But with the automaker’s exclusive deal with Microsoft winding down , the software giant has signed a deal with Hyundai…
  • Ford to offer text-message reading for Sync

    Ford Motor Co. plans to integrate a text-message-reading application into its Sync infotainment system for drivers. The application, known as Message Access Profile or MAP, will work with some smartphones and can be accessed from the steering wheel, like…
  • Video: MyFord Touch™︎ Powered by i.MX51*

    MyFord Touch in-car technology, powered by Freescale i.MX51 applications processors, helps drivers stay connected to the world with simple voice commands and a touch of a button. You don…
  • Ford GT70

    The story goes like this. Two gentlemen were returning home from the 1970 Monte Carlo Rally. They went by the names of Stuart Turner, Ford competitions director, and Roger Clark, a Ford works rally driver. These two men of Speedy Things were discussing…
  • Ford Aims to Make Your Ride Plug-and-Play

    Ford is pushing forward in the evolution of the connected car with the unveiling of OpenXC, a research platform which aims to turn your car into a plug-and-play device. Ford is gung-ho for connectivity and seems determined to pack as much technology into…