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Ford Launches Cool Off-Road App Only for Its Owners

The Truth About Cars

Simply downloading the app onto one’s device permits the use of trail maps, waypoint system, or navigation kit. Connecting with other riding buddies to form a group ride or simply for security purposes is no trouble at all – even if some users are on a Can-Am or Kawasaki.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

Green Car Congress

Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge. More than 1,500 developers have registered to download the OpenXC software development kit since it became publicly available in January 2013.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). —Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Even before I could get into the walkway which connects the bus stations, I found a bus going to Hosur via Electronic City. Dinkar’s previous company had been providing a lot of consulting in the EV space, so he already has a good connect with component manufacturers. We switched on Google Maps and left for Ooty.

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Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric review

EV Central

Safety kit extends to airbags all around, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, a driver monitoring system (to keep an eye on fatigue) and lane keep assist. Like the XC40, the C40 Recharge gets the Android Automotive operating system run by Google.