Jun 5, 2015
Ford Motor Company Fund is sponsoring an Honor Flight to transport Louisville area veterans to the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. The World War II Honor Flight veterans â all in their eighties and nineties â will be greeted at the national memorial by members of Congress and F ... Continue reading
Autoliv Named Safety Supplier of the Year by Ford
Jun 5, 2015
âFord continues to be a valued customer of ours and it is with great pride and appreciation that we accept this recognition.â Autoliv, the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has earned Ford Motor Company's 2014 Safety Supplier of the Year and 2014 Gold Supplier of the Year for its facility in La P ... Continue reading
Ford-Backed Techstars Mobility, Driven by Detroit, Announces 10 Startups Receiving Funding, Support
Jun 4, 2015
Ford-backed Techstars Mobility, driven by Detroit, today announces 10 startup companies it will support through September with funding and business development training as they bring to life future mobility and transportation solutions. âTechstars Mobility pays forward the startup legacy of Ford Motor Company by s ... Continue reading
Jun 4, 2015
SYNC® 3, Fordâs new communications and entertainment system, is available for 2016 Ford Transit â making Americaâs best-selling van even smarter Ford Transit built more than 100,000 vehicles in the 2015 model year Ford Transit Connect compact commercial van equipped with 2.5-liter I-4 engine gains fle ... Continue reading
Jun 3, 2015
At 102 horsepower per liter, the all-new 5.2-liter V8 for Shelby GT350 Mustang and Shelby GT350R Mustang is both the most power-dense and the most powerful naturally aspirated road-going engine in Ford history All-new Ford 5.2-liter flat-plane crankshaft V8 â an engine unique to Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R â ... Continue reading
All-New Ford SYNC 3 Connectivity System Launching on 2016 Ford Escape and Fiesta This Summer
Jun 3, 2015
Ford announced today its all-new SYNC® 3 technology debuts this summer in North America on the 2016 Ford Escape and Fiesta. The new communications and entertainment system is faster and easier to use with enhanced response to driver commands. With the debut of SYNC 3 for Escape and Fiesta, Ford is launching its newest ... Continue reading
Jun 3, 2015
With todays announcement of Toyota exploring adoption of SmartDeviceLink technology, traction is gaining for the open-source software project goal of creating an automotive industry-based solution for integrating smartphone apps into vehicles. ... Continue reading
Ford Reduces Summer Shutdown to Meet Demand for Ford F-Series Trucks, Edge, Escape and Explorer
Jun 3, 2015
In response to customer demand for Fords newest products, the company this year will produce close to 40,000 extra units by idling select plants for only one week during what has been the traditional two-week summer shutdown.. ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company U.S. Sales of 250,813 Vehicles Decline 1 % Versus Last Year
Jun 2, 2015
Ford Motor Companys total U.S. sales of 250,813 vehicles for May declined 1 percent from a year ago. Retail sales of 171,535 vehicles decline 2 percent. Fleet sales of 79,278 vehicles are flat. Our all-new F-150 is still turning on dealer lots in 26 days against tight supply, and F-150 average transaction prices se ... Continue reading
Dana Earns Ford's Gold World Excellence Award
Jun 1, 2015
Dana Holding Corporation announced today that it's facility in Columbia, Mo., has earned Ford Motor Company's Gold World Excellence Award. Ford's 17th Annual World Excellence Awards recognize suppliers that exceed the company's expectations and distinguish themselves from their peers by achieving the highest levels of ... Continue reading
May 31, 2015
Ford today announced the launch of its first advertising campaign promoting the 2015 Ford Edge. The campaign centers on the empowering sense driving the all-new Edge creates for its customers that feeling of being unstoppable. Ford believes this emotion to be a key driver of vehicle consideration in the utility ... Continue reading
Ford Expands Recall for Vehicles Containing Certain Takata Airbag Inflators
May 29, 2015
Ford is expanding its safety recalls on vehicles that have certain Takata airbag inflators after Takata declared that those inflators are defective, bringing the total number of Ford vehicles recalled for Takata airbag inflators to 1,509,535 vehicles to date. ... Continue reading
Ford Follows Tesla's Lead and Opens the Door to its EV Patents
May 28, 2015
Ford Motor Company is offering competitors access to its electrified vehicle technology patents a move to help accelerate industry-wide research and development of electrified vehicles. In 2014, Ford filed more than 400 patents dedicated to electrified vehicle technologies. This is more than 20 percent of the patent ... Continue reading
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