Ford has introduced the next-generation of its voice activated in-car technology SYNC 3 in India. The new communications and entertainment system has debuted on SUV Ford Endeavour. Continue reading “Ford SYNC 3 in-car technology forays in India with Ford Endeavour”
Ford has announced that it is developing fully autonomous self driving car and plans to offer it for commercial ride-sharing in 2021. The car will come without steering wheel or pedals.
Ford had announced its SYNC 3 car connectivity technology in June last year. Now the automaker has revealed that the connectivity system is coming to Europe this year. The SYNC 3 is featuring on the new new Kuga SUV from Ford.
Continue reading “Ford Sync 3 connecting car system is gearing up for Europe launch in 2016”
Ford announced at CES 2016 last week that it plans to launch 13 electric cars by 2020. Now, the automaker has revealed that it is testing self-driving cars that will run on the roads during harsh winter weather conditions.
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Last week, it was reported that Google’s self driving car division will be a separate Alphabet company in 2016. Today a new report from Yahoo Autos is claiming that the company is in talks with Ford for a new self-driving car venture.
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Ford has just announced their SYNC 3 communication and entertainment system for their vehicles. The Sync 3 system will first roll out on the 2016 models of Ford Escape and Fiesta that will be launched in the market later this year.
Ford is the fifth largest car company in the world. They manufacture a lot of cars, and selling them in many competitive markets is their game. So, when David Huang, Senior Manager at Ford Asia Pacific, told me about his company’s plans to decongest city roads and tackle mobility problems, especially in India, I was skeptical. I mean, for any car manufacturer to grow, they need to sell more cars, and for them, India is like a gold mine. Our country is developing at a rapid pace, which has led to higher purchasing power and naturally, massive vehicular congestion in tier 1 cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Despite that, owning a car is still seen as a sign of prosperity here, not just a commuting vehicle one takes to work, so growth is inevitable and multiple cars per household is a reality we have to face, soon. But here’s a global car manufacturer claiming to be working on solutions that, instead of selling more cars, sells the idea of free-flowing metro traffic. Befuddled, I sat down with David, to find out how.
Continue reading “How Ford plans to decongest Indian roads and tackle other mobility challenges”
Ford has announced Smart Mobility plan and an experimental Share-Car project in India. The company has also revealed a total of 25 global mobility experiments in selected countries.
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We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the last day of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is bringing AppLink to 3 new countries in Asia.
Contest Day 4 Question
Ford’s Emergency Assistance technology can automatically call for help in the event of an accident. How many seconds after the event of an accident is Emergency Assistance initiated?
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We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the day 3 of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is bringing AppLink to 3 new countries in Asia.
Contest Day 3 Question
At Computex 2014 , Ford has announced that it’s bringing Ford AppLink to three new countries in Asia, which ones?
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We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the day 2 of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is showing off the all new 2015 Mustang for the first time at Computex 2014.
In Asia Pacific, the all-new Ford Mustang will come with which two engine options?
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We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the day 1 of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is showing off something really cool for the very first time in Asia at Computex this year and this is something which makes cars talk to each other and this works beyond just Ford cars and will surely make our roads safer in the near future.
What experimental technology is Ford demonstrating this week at Computex for the first time in Asia Pacific?
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FoneArena is going to be at Computex 2014 in Taiwan next week and we have teamed up with Ford to make the coverage even more exciting! Computex is by far Asia’s largest tech show and you might be wondering what Ford, a car maker is doing at a tech show. Well the auto-maker is going to showcase the future of in-car connectivity and we would be giving FoneArena readers a exclusive first look from the show floor. And guess what ? That is not all, by following the coverage , you get a chance to win some really cool gadgets. Sounds fun ? Stay tuned to FoneArena for more news about this contest. And do tweet about your ideas about in-car connectivity and what you would like to win with the hashtag #FordComputex
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At Computex 2013 here in Taipei , Taiwan , Ford announced that it is bringing Ford SYNC AppLink to the Asia Pacific region.Ford SYNC is a voice controlled in-car entertainment system installed in most Ford cars.AppLink is a new feature which lets users interact with mobile applications using the same voice based Sync platform. Pandora, TuneIn Radio and Kaliki are the first 3 apps which will support AppLink functionality and be available in the Asia Pacific region. Continue reading “Ford SYNC AppLink launched in Asia Pacific”
