September 16, 2014 – That’s what Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford called it while delivering the keynote address to the ITS World Congress in Detroit last week. How does this square with the automakers’ historical dependence on personal vehicle ownership and the sales volume it represents? It doesn’t. Instead, it is causing automakers to evolve their business models away […] [Continue Reading]
September 10, 2014 – Autonomous driving technologies as well as the ever evolving (and usually frustrating) infotainment interfaces can be intimidating to some, especially less tech-oriented car buyers. Ford executive chairman Bill Ford acknowledged during an address at the 2014 Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress in Detroit this week that new technologies that allow cars to communicate with each […] [Continue Reading]