Neowin News Feed for: Ford

Google Maps on Android Auto gets a massive update for Ford EVs

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:36:01 +0000

Google and Ford are rolling out a new Android Auto update to the Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning to elevate the navigation experience. Read more...

Sci-Fi's Leap to Reality: Are futuristic gadgets a dream or a dystopia?

Fiza Ali — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 09:40:01 +0000

From Men in Black's Neuralyzer to Minority Report's Precogs, sci-fi's wildest gadgets are closer to reality than we think, and leaping from the screen into our everyday lives, faster than expected! Read more...

Ford's hands-free system BlueCruise prompts investigation following two fatal accidents

Martin Hodás — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:40:01 +0000

Federal safety regulators are investigating Ford's advanced driver assistance system BlueCruise which allows driving hands-free. Three were killed in two Mustang Mach-E accidents with stationary cars. Read more...

Tesla Superchargers welcomes All EVs in Canada

Omer Dursun — Mon, 29 May 2023 17:16:01 +0000

Tesla opens Superchargers to other EVs in Canada, starting with Ottawa-Sudbury route. Also, Canadian government supports EV charger expansion with 3,000 chargers. Here are the details. Read more...

38 million records exposed because companies used default configs in Microsoft Power Apps portals

Usama Jawad — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:36:01 +0000

38 million records from multiple companies including Ford, J.B. Hunt, and American Airlines were left exposed to the public internet due to a default configuration in Microsoft Power Apps portals. Read more...

Ford is partnering with Google in a new multi-year collaboration

Usama Jawad — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 17:04:01 +0000

Ford has announced a multi-year collaboration to modernize its process as well as the technologies used in its vehicles. It aims to offer Android and other Google services in its cars by 2023. Read more...

Ford signs deal with Vodafone to install private 5G network in UK

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:14:01 +0000

This initiative, which is expected to be completed in September, will help the carmaker to speed up the production of electric batteries. The UK government has committed £2 million for Vodafone. Read more...

Ford announces all-electric version of its F-150 pickup truck

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:50:01 +0000

Today Ford confirmed that it will be bringing a fully electric edition of its popular F-150 pickup line to the market. A prototype of the electric truck was also teased in a promotional video. Read more...

Volkswagen and Ford agree to share electric and self-driving vehicle technology

Stergios Georgopoulos — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 18:26:02 +0000

The two companies will extend their existing alliance on development of commercial vehicles to electric and self-driving passenger cars, with Ford getting access to Volkswagen's MEB platform. Read more...

Amazon in-car delivery comes to Ford and Lincoln vehicles in the U.S.

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:42:01 +0000

Ford has announced that its newer cars under both the Ford and Lincoln brands now support Amazon Key for in-car delivery of packages. The carmaker joins GM and Volvo in supporting the service. Read more...

Ford partners with Walmart and Postmates to design automated vehicle delivery

Ruel Revales — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:56:01 +0000

Ford Motor, Walmart, and delivery service Postmates will work together to develop a service for delivering goods and other groceries to Walmart consumers which could someday use self-driving cars. Read more...

Ford set to test its fleet of self-driving cars in Washington, D.C.

Ruel Revales — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 10:26:01 +0000

Ford announced on Monday that it will begin testing its fleet of autonomous cars on the streets of Washington, D.C. The goal of the test is to deploy a commercial self-driving service in 2021. Read more...

Ford to kick off self-driving testing in Miami through delivery tie-ins

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:00:01 +0000

Ford is taking a different approach to the self-driving segment, launching a pilot test with partners in Miami including Domino's Pizza. The Fusion sedans are part of the initial roll-out. Read more...

Ford SYNC to gain Waze integration in latest update

Boyd Chan — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:24:01 +0000

Popular community-based navigation app, Waze, will feature AppLink integration with SYNC 3 equipped 2018 model year vehicles from Ford and will be enabled via an update for other compatible cars. Read more...

Ford wants workers to wear an exoskeleton on the assembly line

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:54:01 +0000

The EksoVest from Ekso Bionics is an unpowered exoskeleton that can provide some lift assistance for workers when they perform overhead tasks with power tools over extended periods of time. Read more...

New UK consortium to develop autonomous cars for London

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:18:01 +0000

The consortium will include Ford, be funded by the UK government, and be led by London taxi firm Addison Lee. It will be exploring automated ride-hailing and sharing vehicles for Londoners. Read more...

Ford embraces the HoloLens in its automotive design process

Dreyer Smit — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:08:01 +0000

HoloLens has revolutionized the way Ford designs its vehicles after the company announced that, following a successful pilot the past year, it will expand the role of the device in future projects. Read more...

Ford will mass-produce self-driving cars by 2021 - steering wheel not included

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:00:01 +0000

Ford has set itself the ambitious goal of delivering fully autonomous self-driving cars by the year 2021. The company will use them to target Uber rather than focus on selling them to customers. Read more...

Ford will bring Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to all of its 2017 models

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:46:02 +0000

Ford wants to make all of its new cars a bit more attractive by integrating Android Auto and Apple CarPlay into most of its vehicles. The two infotainment systems will be inside all 2017 models. Read more...

Google, Uber, Ford, Volvo and Lyft band together to bring self-driving cars on US roads

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:00:01 +0000

A number of high-profile companies, including Google, Ford and Uber have come together to form a lobbying and advocacy group, in an effort to speed up regulation and adoption of self-driving cars. Read more...

Ford CEO assumes Apple is working on a car

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:48:01 +0000

Following in the footsteps of Elon Musk, Ford CEO Mark Fields believes Apple is working on a car which is expected to be electric powered and self-driving. The Apple car is expected in 2019. Read more...

Ford is teaching its self-driving cars how to handle snow and blizzards

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:02:01 +0000

The automaker is trying to test and teach its fleet of self-driving vehicles how to handle snow and treacherous road conditions in the winter, an area where these cars still face considerable issues. Read more...

Google and Ford to come together in pursuit of a self-driving car

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:42:02 +0000

Ford and Google are believed to be forming a partnership around self-driving vehicles. The announcement is expected to be revealed at CES in January. Read more...

Ford's 2017 GT comes with performance gains made possible by Corning's Gorilla Glass

Chris Schroeder — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:20:01 +0000

Car manufacturers are using mobile technologies that power our smartphones every day, so it will come as no surprise that Ford is adopting another mobile tech - Gorilla Glass - to improve performance. Read more...

Ford will test autonomous cars in California next year

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:38:01 +0000

Ford has been given a permit to drive an autonomous version of a Ford Fusion on Californian roads. This will let Ford test in snow and heavy rain which autonomous vehicles have a hard time with. Read more...

Ford dumps Microsoft's tech for infotainment system

Brad Sams — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:48:01 +0000

Ford has announced that it will be parting ways with Microsoft for the next generation of its Sync platform and will use Blackberry's QNX instead to replace its infotainment system. Read more...

Ford drops company-issued BlackBerrys for iPhones

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:11:37 +0000

In a sign of the times, Ford Motor Company has decided to drop BlackBerry, who previously supplied company-issued phones for Ford's many employees, in lieu of Apple iPhones. Read more...

Ford: Microsoft and Windows might still be used for next-gen Sync

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:13:24 +0000

A Ford executive said this week the car company is still evaluating who it will work with for the next version of Sync, denying reports that Microsoft is out of the running. Read more...

Rumor: Ford could dump Microsoft for BlackBerry inside next version of Sync

John Callaham — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 22:27:55 +0000

A new rumor claims that Ford could use BlackBerry's QNX operating system in place of Microsoft's Windows for the next version of Ford's Sync in-car computing solution. Read more...

Ford throws cold water on reports that its CEO is leaving for Microsoft

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 03:09:54 +0000

Ford director Edsel Ford II says the company's CEO, Alan Mulally, has told its board that “his plan is to stay with Ford through the end of 2014", crushing rumors that he will become Microsoft's CEO. Read more...

Top Microsoft shareholders reportedly want Ford CEO to replace Ballmer

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:47:51 +0000

Some of Microsoft's top investors want Ford CEO Alan Mulally to replace Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as the company's chief executive when Ballmer retires within a year. Read more...

Microsoft-Ford SYNC technology now in 5 million cars

John Callaham — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:31:20 +0000

Microsoft and Ford have announced that their co-developed SYNC technology is now inside five million Ford vehicles after five years, and will increase to 13 million by 2015. Read more...

Over four million Ford cars now have SYNC inside

John Callaham — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:19:55 +0000

Microsoft and Ford have announced that over four million Ford cars now have the SYNC technology, co-developed by Microsoft, installed since the first SYNC car was released in 2007. Read more...

Ford adds Google Maps driving directions into Microsoft powered SYNC

Tom Warren — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:41:36 +0000

Ford has announced it plans to add a Google Maps 'Send to SYNC' service to beam driving directions into SYNC enabled cars for free. Ford has picked Google Maps over Bing Maps for its SYNC technology,... Read more...

Hands on: MyFord Touch, powered by Microsoft Auto

Tom Warren — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:55:45 +0000

Today at CES 2010 Neowin got a detailed hands on with the new MyFord Touch driver connect technology which is powered by Microsoft Auto and Ford SYNC. Ford announced the latest revision of SYNC and... Read more...

Microsoft & Kia set to launch Ford Sync competitor at CES

Tom Warren — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:56:26 +0000

Microsoft and Kia will unveil a Ford Sync competitor at CES next week. Named Uvo, it is based on the Microsoft Auto software platform, now known as the Windows Embedded Auto software platform. According to... Read more...

Ford SYNC to add mobile hotspot in your car

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:06:47 +0000

Ford and Microsoft teamed up to show off the Ford SYNC in 2007 at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Ford will be introducing a mobile WiFi hotspot to their vehicles starting next year, but... Read more...

Microsoft Announces Ford Sync with TellMe

Neowin Staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:30:05 +0000

Ford and Microsoft Sell Pink Zune for Breast Cancer Research

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:07 +0000

Both Ford and Microsoft have teamed up to release a special edition pink Zune for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While many companies are jumping at the chance to bring awareness to such an important cause,... Read more...

Ford to offer HD radio on most vehicles

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:32:17 +0000

Ford Motor on Wednesday said it would offer high-definition digital radio on nearly all 2008 model year Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles as a dealer-installed option. Ford said digital radio could also be installed on... Read more...