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  Ford's understanding of augmented reality seems a little skewed. It has just released an app for Android and iOS that teases the new 2013 Fusion. The car will not get a full reveal until the North American International Auto Show in...

Ford has worked with SHFT, a cultural curation site founded by Ford, AOL, Virgin America and W Hotels, to create 10 short documentaries examining entrepreneurs of green companies. Ford will be showing the films at the Green Festival, which is tour...

Ford has cut energy used to produce each vehicle by 22% over the last six years, according to its sustainability report for this year. It plans to cut energy use in constructing each vehicle by a further 25% over the next five years. Ford now ...

Ford's exhibit at the Auto Expo 2012 in New Dehli, India, will include the introduction of a new small car. Ford is not saying much about the new vehicle other than the teaser image that it released. Ford says that this will be a global vehicl...

Ford will delay the European debut of the fifth generation Mondeo by three months, but it will have no affect on the US debut of the second generation Fusion that uses the same platform and some of the same engines.  Ford has not revealed...

Rear panel is meant to take brunt of rear collisions and be replaceable

For the new Fusion, Ford considered repairability in addition to safety when designing the car. Its internal research shows that 19% of Fusion accidents occur in the rear of the car. Its new design including a replacable panel that Ford says will ...

Ford is developing a virtual factory where it can hone its production process for future vehicles before they ever are physically produced. Ford says that this will allow it to cut costs and improve quality. Ford thinks that it will have the techn...

It can create parts 60 times faster than the conventional way

Ford has developed and patented a new quick-prototyping technique for sheet metal that reduces prices and build time for small quantities of a part. Ford calls new technique Ford Freeform Fabrication Technology, and it involves clamping a piec...

Ford has developed robots with lasers for eyes and suction cups for hands to help assemble the new Ford Escape at the Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky. The robots place body panels, the instrument panel and the windshield on the cars.&nb...

Ford has developed two new technologies that are meant to make driving easier and safer. The first is Traffic Jam Assist and the other is parking assist that allows for the car to park itself by backing into a parking space. Neither technolog...