Preston Ford in Maryland will be among the first commercial dealerships to receive the all new Transit Connect by Ford Motor Company. Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia residents will soon be able to purchase the Ford Transit Connect from Preston Ford. The Transit Connect is a new remarkable commercial vehicle capable of great fuel economy and cargo capacity.READ»
Finally, some good news for beleaguered electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors. Only a day after CEO Elon Musk wrote a long blog post defending himself and his company against rumors and accusations, Tesla has been awarded approval ...READ»
With all the hype over hybrid and electric cars, it's easy to forget that the materials used to make a vehicle matter just as much as the engine inside. Mazda, at least, hasn't forgotten--the company's new Aqua-tech Paint System ...READ»
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are often criticized for being energy inefficient, but that hasn't stopped the annual Hydrogen Road Tour from demonstrating the capabilities of fuel cell-equipped cars. The annual rally spans over 1,700 ...READ»
Ford Motor Company is spending $550 million to turn its Michigan SUV plant into a small car plant for the fuel-efficient Ford Focus. The plant will eventually manufacture the 2011 battery-electric version of the Focus as well. ...READ»
Electric vehicles are about to explode in popularity, with car companies as diverse as Ford, Tesla, Fisker, and Toyota working on bringing new models to market in the next few years. But with the growth of these vehicles comes a ...READ»
A suite of big-name manufacturers including Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Fiat, Toyota, and Mitsubishi, have agreed on a common standard for the plugs used for charging electric vehicles. According to German energy company RWE, ...READ»
He was on the design team that developed the first IBM computer. He worked on design for the OXO Good Grips kitchen tools and Ford's SmartGauge we wrote about here last week, but Smart Design founder Dan Formosa has actually ...READ»
With so many jobs in the balance and their fingers in so many pies I don't want any of the top three automakers, Chrysler, GM, or Ford, to fold up their tents. One way or another I want them get their acts together and turn ...READ»
In December, Ford announced its new Fusion hybrid, which was rated an impressive 41 mpg city and 36 mpg highway. But then something interesting happened. In one of the earliest reviews, Pulitzer Prize-winning auto ...READ»
"Michael, I'm detecting elevated stress levels in your voice print. Is something going wrong?" is exactly the sort of line you'll hear spoken by the fictional KITT in Knight Rider from time to time. And with a patent it just ...READ»
Electric and hybrid cars are a sure-fire way to improve transportation's eco-footprint. But it's not cars that bring the most pollution to roads, it's trucks that cross thousands of road miles every ...READ»
On a December Wednesday morning Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company’s social media strategist (aka Global Digital and Multi-Media Communications Manager) woke up to a potential PR nightmare and it had nothing to do with the bailout. ...READ»
An Indian startup named TringMe announced a new platform this week that it says will allow developers to easily write voice-enabled apps and widgets for the Web. But to date, voice-over-IP is a technological underachiever. Could ...READ»
Ford's Active Park Assist will be a boon to those drivers--you know who you are--who just can't get their brains around parallel parking no matter how hard they try, or their partners try to teach them. That's because it does the ...READ»
“If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand.
If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish.
If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given.
This is called the ...READ»
The Big Three Automakers managed to hand in their loan papers to the Bank of Congress without getting their hands slapped again. But what they really need to do is make cars that people want to drive.READ»
A quick check of the headlines and blogosphere reveals some very innovative approaches to 'rescuing' GM and its brethren in Detroit.
Most all of them forsake a cash bailout (or otherwise pecuniary reward) for various plans to remake ...READ»
In this day and time, people frequently talk about doing the "right thing," but rarely are they interested in risking their comfort zone and what others might think to do what they feel needs to be done. Clifton ...READ»
In 1968, I was a senior at Michigan State University. At the time, GM, Ford and Chrysler were counted among the pillars of the American economy and they owned the domestic auto market. Also at that time, Honda made small ...READ»
Since the dawn of time, parents have shaken their fists at misbehaving teenagers who careen around town whilst enjoying the freedom of the open road. Ford [F] is seeking to change that dynamic and come to many a parent's aid. In the ...READ»
Try a simple test: cover the logo of a range of car print ads, or try to remember the car commercial that came on screen 15 minutes ago, and see if you can tell who the advertiser is.
Chances are, you can't. If you've seen one ...READ»
Ford Motor Company recently announced that they are launching a Digital Advertising Program for Ford and Lincoln Mercury dealers. This program is being timed to correspond with the Dealer Co-Op advertising program that was kicked ...READ»
