Ford engineers want to know how your car looks under every imaginable lighting condition. They have something called the Visual Performance Evaluation Lab, which simulates the exact sunlight at any time of the day all year around.
By loading software onto its vehicles through Wi-Fi, Ford expects to save millions. But this technology could be used to provide drivers the option of handpicking their car’s features, much like apps do for smartphones.
AJ uses Twitter and hates stop and go traffic as much as you do. AJ is a 2011 Ford Fiesta being tested by Ford engineers.
While other car manufacturers already have inbuilt Google Maps support, Ford’s going to be the first to go it away for free – in Sync-equipped cars, that is. It’ll become available late June, for all 2010-2011 car models.
Hey now, BlackBerry users. Just because that Magnum hasn’t been found in a bar and leaked, doesn’t mean you can’t smile today. Though unless you aren’t in the market for a 2011 Ford Fiesta – you can resume frowning.
Plugging in your electric car willy-nilly strains utility companies and costs you money. Ford’s new vehicles will use Microsoft’s Hohm, a cloud-based application for managing energy consumption, to make sure you’re being smart about charging your electric car.
