After successful beta test, Ford adds live operator assist as standard feature of SYNC Services, providing another free enhancement to the SYNC® owner experience Customers driving SYNC Services-equipped Ford cars and trucks now can talk to live operators when seeking directions or searching for business addresses SYNC Services provides access to information about traffic, news, [...]
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Here Comes the Sun: Ford and SunPower Team up to Let Focus Electric Customers ‘Drive Green for Life’ | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
Ford and SunPower team up to provide a high-efficiency rooftop solar system that will provide Focus Electric owners enough renewable energy production to offset the energy used for charging. The 2.5 kilowatt SunPower system will produce an estimated 3,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually. SunPower systems are backed by a 25-year warranty. Ford’s aggressive electrification [...]
2012 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 Offers the Ultimate in Performance, Style with New Features, Class-Leading Power | McMahon Ford | St. Louis Ford Dealership
2012 Ford Harley-Davidson™ F-150 offers distinctive new design enhancements with snakeskin leather interior accents and unique bodyside graphic. Also new for 2012 are 22-inch machined-aluminum wheels with painted accents and unique center cap as well as a new premium exterior color choice – White Platinum Tri-Coat Standard content includes the voice-activated Navigation System, a 4.2-inch [...]
New Ford Focus Electric Keeps Its Cool When the Temperature Heats Up | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
Ford’s use of an advanced active liquid-cooling and heating system in its Focus Electric lithium-ion battery packs will provide customers in hot climates an advantage over competitive models When charging or being used, the battery is cooled by an integrated cooling system using a “chiller” to lower the temperature of the coolant going through the [...]
Ford Designers Find Inspiration for Less Is More Interiors | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
Ford designers advocate simplicity as the essence of great design Today’s best designers conceive solutions that offer consumers the products and technology they want and love, but with seductive simplicity Ford-exclusive SYNC® offers an example of a “less is more” solution, providing efficient, state-of-the-art technology in an intuitive, engaging package DEARBORN, Mich., May 17, 2011 [...]
Weed ’Em and Reap: Ford, Ohio State Look to Put Dandelion Roots to Use in Cupholders, Floor Mats and Interior Trim | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
Ford and The Ohio State University are looking at dandelions in a new way by researching their potential use as a sustainable resource for rubber A milky-white substance that seeps from dandelion roots is used to produce the sustainable rubber. The substance could potentially find its way into plastic parts in Ford vehicles, including cupholders, [...]
FORD BLENDS MATH, CREATIVE THINKING, COMPUTING POWER TO BRING SUPERIOR SHIFT QUALITY TO FOCUS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
2012 Ford Focus, featuring a 2.0-liter direct-injection gasoline engine and PowerShift dry-clutch six-speed automatic transmission, incorporates Ford’s patented Torque Hole Filling (THF) technology for smoother, more seamless shift quality THF uses a combination of mathematical modeling and computer-aided engineering tools, along with other enabling transmission technologies to deliver smoother upshifts Originally penned in 1986, the [...]
A PERFECT FIT: RECYCLED CLOTHING FINDS A NEW HOME INSIDE NEXT-GENERATION FORD FOCUS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
Ford is using recycled cottons in the interior of the new 2012 Focus as part of carpet backing and sound absorption material Cotton from post-consumer, recycled blue jeans is an example of the material used in the new Focus as part of the drive to find creative eco-friendly materials The use of environmentally friendly materials [...]
ALL-NEW FORD FOCUS BRINGS SMARTER AMBIENT LIGHTING, ADDING HELPFUL INNOVATIONS | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
All-new 2012 Ford Focus takes ambient lighting to a new level of customer convenience, adding helpful features that illuminate, assist or warn a driver Focus ambient lighting functionality enables unique features to make a driver’s life easier, such as search light to locate misplaced items and door ajar warning Focus ambient lighting is switchable between [...]
FORD AND MIT RESEARCH STUDY SHOWS TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS REDUCE STRESS ON DRIVER | Ford Motor Company Newsroom
Ford and MIT research study explored automotive technology solutions designed to reduce driver stress and improve overall driver safety and well-being Physiological measures to detect stress were monitored using a specially equipped 2010 Lincoln MKS test vehicle Data indicate parallel parking is a highly avoided and stress-inducing driving situation for many drivers; use of advanced technology resulted [...]
