The first Ford-built powered air-purifying respirators, developed in close collaboration with 3M, are on their way to help protect health care workers fighting COVID-19.
Including the Mustang Mach-E, Ford will begin equipping most redesigned vehicles in the U.S. with over-the-air update capability that can reduce dealer trips for service.
The move is prompted by the need to evaluate the long-term impact of COVID-19 on customer behaviors.
Volunteers at a Ford factory wear wristbands that vibrate when they come within six feet of each other. Other social-distancing protocols are planned.
The automakers will make over 5 million SUVs and pickup trucks in 2026, but only about 320,000 electric vehicles.
Of any manufacturer, Ford is best poised to electrify a global work van. But it’ll still need competitive products, supplier and upfitter partnerships, charging infrastructure and standardization, and federal incentives to create the ecosystem for electric commercial vehicles.
Ford unveiled an all-electric version of the Ford Transit that will hit the U.S. market for the 2022 model-year.
Located between Ann Arbor, Mich., and Detroit, the regional mobility corridor would be an avenue for live testing and deploying autonomous, electric, connected and shared mobility technologies, and digital infrastructure.
DriverPoint Telematics is now fully integrated with Ford 2020 model-year vehicles. The joint integration uses Ford built-in modems to track driver behavior and capture vehicle and diagnostic data.
Rivian has closed an investment round of $1.3 billion, the fourth investment the battery-electric truck and SUV startup will receive in 2019.