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Ford holding auto app developer conference; hackathon with LA data

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company will hold an automotive app developer conference on 8 September as part of the Connected Car Expo taking place at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. —John Ellis, Global Technologist and Head of Developer Program for Ford.

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Shanghai auto show: Full schedule of 150 press conferences for exhibitors

CN EV Post

NIO will hold 2 press conferences on April 18 from 10:00-10:20 and on April 19 from 14:00-14:30. As the first major auto show after the Covid opening in China, the Shanghai auto show, which will start next week, is highly anticipated, with more than 100 press conferences by car companies and supply chain players on media days.

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In 2 years, drivers will be able to take their eyes off the road: Ford – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Farley believes Ford can make that progress quickly enough to be offering the feature in 2026, which could make it the first mass market car brand to offer what auto engineers call Level 3 autonomy. You could do a conference call and all sorts of stuff.”

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Ford Rumored to Dump Parking Assist Moving Forward

The Truth About Cars

Ford is said to be in early stages of dumping parking assistance features on future models because drivers aren’t using the feature enough. & “So one example is an auto-park feature that lets the customer parallel park automatically. Since then, several Ford vehicles received the feature, even the entry-level ones.

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Ford retooling Ontario plant into ‘Oakville EV complex’ to produce next-gen EVs and battery packs

Electrek

Ford revealed during a media conference call on Tuesday that it plans to retool and transform its Oakville assembly plant in Ontario to prepare for the auto industry’s future. The facility will be renamed the Oakville EV complex to represent its role in the company better.

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Opinion: Making Sense of the Stellantis Auto Show Decision

The Truth About Cars

News broke earlier this week that Stellantis would pull out of auto shows, including the upcoming Chicago Auto Show, for the foreseeable future. We reached out to the Chicago Auto Show folks about that, and have not yet heard back. Having one of the Detroit Three pull out of auto shows leads to ringing of alarm bells.

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Show me the money! Ford targets Tesla Model 2, MG4 and BYD Dolphin with new small electric car line-up

EV Central

Facing multi-billion dollar annual losses from its electric vehicle product roll-out, Ford has revealed it is going to build its own ground-up smaller and cheaper EVs to tackle the Tesla Model 2 and Chinese brands head-on. Ford Mustang Mach-E. 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning. 2025 Ford Explorer EV. billion ($8.4

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