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New FordPass service allows booking and pre-paying for parking

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FordPass ( earlier post ) now offers users the ability to find, book and pay for parking at garages in more than 160 cities in the United States—all before they even step into the driver’s seat; FordPass is free for Ford owners and non-owners alike.

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Ford launches FORD2GO car sharing program with its German dealer network; Ford poll shows 56% of Europeans would consider car sharing

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Ford of Germany has signed a cooperation agreement with the German Ford dealers association FHD GmbH and DB Rent GmbH —the company behind Flinkster car sharing—for a new car sharing platform. Ford understands that for some of our customers—as this survey shows—car sharing is an attractive option.

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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Ford CEO Mark Fields at 2015 Further with Ford. That’s where Ford Smart Mobility comes in.

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A Brief History of the Office Cubicle

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“It was basketball season,” Kelley explained to Kristen Gallerneaux , a curator at The Henry Ford (where the AAC pictured below resides ). The Henry Ford The 19-centimeter-diameter globe was indeed just a little smaller than a basketball. Perhaps the maskitball was no match for personal headphones to tune out annoying colleagues.

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Ford 2017 trends report: disruption the status quo, “never more difficult” to find objective information

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For the past five years, Ford has issued an annual trend report exploring societal shifts expected to influence consumers and brands (e.g., Sheryl Connelly, Ford global trend and futuring manager, says there is no escaping the fact that disruption is now the status quo. earlier post ).

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DEED advertising pays off

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The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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Vaclav Smil: Cars weigh too much

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And so the outlook is for ever-better engines or electric motors in heavy vehicles used in a way that results in the worst weight-to-payload ratios for any mechanized means of personal transportation in history. And new battery-heavy hybrid drives and electric cars will not be lighter: The small all-electric Ford Focus weighs 1.7

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