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…That’s the OpenXC platform collaboration announced Monday by Ford and Bug Labs at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. Ostensibly to build excitement, Ford demoed an app -- a social networking fuel consumption tool…
…It’s an add-on to Ford Sync, which since 2008 put Bluetooth, a USB jack, and voice control interface into Fords and Lincolns. Ford says 56% of buyers were swayed by…
…Elon Musk sent a congratulatory tweet to Ford saying how nice it was that Ford supports EVs. Privately, there were many reports that he was ticked that Ford's unveiling site was…
…Ford blanketed CES with announcements including a newspaper reader for Ford Sync AppLink via the Kaliki Audio Newsstand (Opens in a new window) and an SDK. Ford launched the Ford Developer Program…
…Hyundai follows Ford and GM in turning to an SD card rather than DVD- or hard-drive-based nav systems to keep costs down. Both Ford and GM charge $795 for theirs…
…The most significant automaker proprietary smartphone-to-dash connection is AppLink for Ford Sync . It lets you use a smartphone to control apps such as Pandora, Stitcher, and OpenBeak. Sync and AppLink…
Is the glass half-full or half-empty for plug-in cars? Cash-rich Google bought up one-eighth of the 2011 sales volume of the Ford Focus Electric. That’s right…
…More efficiency for America's best-seller Ford lowered a beefy Ford Atlas concept from the rafters of Detroit's Joe Louis Arena and signaled that efficient and high-tech go hand…
…Ford first offered Sync in 2008 on the Ford Focus, an okay-not-great compact car, and it attracted buyers who otherwise would have bought elsewhere. And here’s another lesson: When…
…Compare that to Ford and GM with $795 navigation options, or Hyundai with free navigation on its $30,000 Azera . Want more tech? Go shop the Infiniti JX The 2013 Pathfinder shares…