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Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2013
Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. The Ford challenge echoes the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) $50,000 Apps for Vehicles challenge. Earlier post.). —Jim Farley.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2014
Ford and Intel are researching new opportunities for the connected car, including giving drivers the ability to remotely peer into their car using a smartphone, or a vehicle that could identify its owner using facial recognition software. —Paul Mascarenas, chief technical officer and vice president, Ford Research and Innovation.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2015
Ford has opened its new Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto, growing its global research team and accelerating the company’s work in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. At Ford, we view ourselves as both a mobility and an auto company, as we drive innovation in every part of our business.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Ford is now shipping beta test kits of its open-source connectivity research platform, OpenXC ( earlier post ), to developers and universities around the world. OpenXC is an open-source hardware and software platform developed by Ford Research and Innovation and New York City-based Bug Labs. OpenXC architecture.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2012
Ford Motor Company plans to open a Silicon Valley-based Research Lab—its first dedicated R&D office on the west coast—to scout for new technology and to find new partners to innovate personal mobility solutions for the future. and Ford employees working with connectivity platform partner Microsoft Corp.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2015
At CES, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Smart Mobility builds upon Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility ( earlier post ). —Mark Fields.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2013
Following on the launch of its first software developer program ( earlier post ), Ford is now turning its attention to the growing trend in hardware hacking by transforming vehicles into an experimental development environment. Ford is committed to innovating with the help of software and now hardware developers.
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