Ford is dramatically shifting its focus to EVs over the next four years with a planned $11 billion investment in developing 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles by 2022. The news was shared by Chairman Bill Ford at the Detroit Auto Show. Originally, Ford was targeting an investment of $4.5 billion into alternative fuel cars by 2020. The huge shift highlights the pressure Ford is under...
The Ford Mustang is the king of muscle cars. Its long and storied legacy spans nearly 60 years, with its introduction in 1963 ushering in the era of powerful long-hooded coupes. Ford is very aware of the Mustang’s heritage, which is why the 2018 Ford Mustang adds one thing that you can never get enough of: power. The 2018 Ford Mustang updates the 2015 model that brought along a major...
American automaker Ford has released a relatively hefty update for all its 2016-model-year SYNC 3 vehicles, gracing owners with the facility to use both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Customers can install the upgrade in one of three ways: by using the OTA option in Wi-Fi-connected cars, by visiting their local Ford dealership, or by downloading the firmware on a USB drive and...
Ford recently unveiled the 2018 Ford Expedition, the company’s all-new full-size SUV, and it’s chock full of technology. Normally when we chat cars we dig into the engine, horsepower and that other good stuff, but Ford actually highlights a lot of the consumer-friendly gadgetry that’s available to drivers and riders. That includes wireless charging — the 2018 Expedition...
Ford introduced the 2018 Ford Mustang to the world earlier this week and now, just a few days later, introduced a convertible version of the car. It sports many of the same specs as the regular 2018 Ford Mustang, just with the option to let the wind rip through your hair on the highway. Ford reiterated that the Mustang is the “world’s best selling sports coupe” and that it is the most...
Ford introduced the new 2018 Ford Mustang this week. It came as a bit of a surprise, since the North American International Auto Show was last week and was when most automakers introduced new cars. A new Mustang is a new Mustang, though. Ford doesn’t need an auto show to unveil something so coveted by American drivers. “The new Mustang is our best ever, based on more than 50 years as...
Thanks in large part to consumer demand, Ford this week said it’s officially bringing back the Bronco and Ranger. The automaker unveiled the news at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, along with some details about what to expect. “We’ve heard our customers loud and clear,” said Ford’s Joe Hinrichs, president of The Americas. “They want a new generation of vehicles...
Ford Motor Company announced a new partnership with Sygic Car Navigation that will provide new “phone-to-touchscreen navigation technology” to users of it SYNC 3 car system. Not many details are known about the partnership, but essentially it will let you project navigation apps from your smartphone to the display in Ford cars that support the SYNC 3 system. This new partnership...
This week, Ford announced a new and advanced autonomous development vehicle that will be used for testing autonomous functions. The features Ford is testing may one day end up in a car shuffling you around town. Ford didn’t give the car an exciting new name; instead, it’s sticking with the Ford Fusion Hybrid moniker that has been used since it introduced the first model three years ago...
Earlier versions of Ford SYNC with MyFord Touch, the infotainment system in Ford cars, was about as awful as an in-car computer could get. Consider yourself blessed if you never had to interact with it. Now, documents that were recently exposed in a class-action lawsuit, show that Ford engineers knew how bad the Ford SYNC was before launch, too. According to Detroit News, which dug...