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Argo AI is investing $15 million into a self-driving car research center at CMU

Argo AI will invest $15 million over five years to create a center for autonomous vehicle research at Carnegie Mellon University, one of the latest efforts by the Ford-backed company to accelerate the development of self-driving cars. The center, Carnegie Mellon University Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research, will focus on advanced perception and… Continue reading Argo AI is investing $15 million into a self-driving car research center at CMU

Ford’s Chicago Plants Transformed: New Vehicle Production Begins Following $1 Billion Investment and Addition of 500 Jobs

Ford invested $1 billion in Chicago Assembly and Stamping plants and added 500 jobs to expand capacity for the production of all-new Ford Explorer, Explorer Hybrid, Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator Ford is increasing its use of advanced manufacturing technologies as part of a plan to deliver high-quality vehicles to customers even more efficiently… Continue reading Ford’s Chicago Plants Transformed: New Vehicle Production Begins Following $1 Billion Investment and Addition of 500 Jobs

Pushing the Self-Driving Frontier: Argo AI Partners with Carnegie Mellon to Form Autonomous Vehicle…

By Deva Ramanan, Principal Scientist, Argo AI and Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University It’s an amazing time for those of us in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. We’re starting to see consumer products and services powered by the capabilities that we and our predecessors spent decades developing and testing in labs across the… Continue reading Pushing the Self-Driving Frontier: Argo AI Partners with Carnegie Mellon to Form Autonomous Vehicle…

Collaboration: Volkswagen and Ford launch a small offensive in Turkey

Car towers of the VW car city The automaker will probably also build vehicles in Turkey in the future. (Photo: AP) DüsseldorfDer VWGroup would not just come up with a new one Car production near Izmir his involvement in the Turkey increase significantly. Even with light commercial vehicles (vans, pick-ups) it is becoming apparent that… Continue reading Collaboration: Volkswagen and Ford launch a small offensive in Turkey

Ford to offer its factories in Russia for sale

MOSCOW, June 21. /TASS/. Ford carmaker will offer its closing plants in the Russian cities of Vsevolozhsk and Naberezhnye Chelny for sale, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov told reporters.
“Ford has fully repaid the loan to Vnesheconombank in Naberezhnye Chelny and Vsevolozhsk, so as of today those Ford plants will be sold in compliance with the existing procedure through bidding,” the minister said.
Manturov did not elaborate on possible bidders.
In late March, Ford Sollers, a joint venture of the US automaker Ford and Russia’s Sollers, announced that it would cease production of passenger cars in Russia by the end of June 2019.
The production at the site in Naberezhnye Chelny, where Ford Fiesta and Ford Ecosport were manufactured, and the production of engines in Elabuga ended on June 3. The production at the plant in Vsevolozhsk were Ford Focus and Ford Mondeo were produced came to an end on June 20.
Ford and Sollers will create a renewed joint venture on the basis of the p..

Ford to Deliver Exciting Ford GT Supercar News at Goodwood Festival of Speed

About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions.… Continue reading Ford to Deliver Exciting Ford GT Supercar News at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Jeffrey Jones

Jeff Jones is the Vice President of Ford’s North American City Solutions. He leads Ford’s global efforts to partner with municipalities to identify key urban mobility needs that will inform development of new mobility services while also working to create, pilot and implement new mobility solutions in cities worldwide. Previously, Jones was an Executive Director… Continue reading Jeffrey Jones

Waymo takes its self-driving car ambitions global in partnership with Renault-Nissan

Waymo has locked in an exclusive partnership with Renault and Nissan to research how commercial autonomous vehicles might work for passengers and packages in France and Japan. This exclusive partnership has a deadline — the public announcement says it will last for “an initial period.” Waymo nor the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance provided details on when it… Continue reading Waymo takes its self-driving car ambitions global in partnership with Renault-Nissan