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Ford expands use of augmented reality for design
Sept. 21Ford is hoping to speed up vehicle design time and supplement traditional techniques like clay modeling with a new-age technology: augmented reality.
U.S. sales slip; SAAR falls to 16.13 million on Harvey impact
Sept. 1U.S. light-vehicles sales slipped 1.8 percent last month and the seasonally adjusted, annualized pace of sales fell to the lowest level -- 16.13 million -- since February 2014 behind a late-month wallop from Hurricane Harvey.
Ford schedules downtime at 5 N.A. assembly plants amid slowing sales
Sept. 19Ford said it will temporarily shut down production lines at five assembly plants in North America before the end of the year to fix recalled commercial vans and reduce output of slow-selling cars.
AutoNews Now: Volvo said to double S.C. plant investment
Sept. 19Volvo reportedly doubling S.C. plant investment; Ford plans downtime at five N.A. factories; Ram's heavy-duty recall; 80 mpg by 2050?; Making it safer for humans to work with robots.
Ford to shut down Transit lines for a week
Sept. 19Ford plans to shut down Transit production at its Kansas City Assembly Plant for seven days starting next week amid slumping sales for the nation's best-selling large van.
Ford patents retractable table for autonomous cars
Sept. 18Ford thinks the interior of autonomous vehicles could resemble a kitchen or office conference room.
Ford's Melega: More mobility to marketing
Sept. 18Tito Melega, the new creative chief of Ford's agency plans to invoke the company's long and global legacy of moving people.
Ford explores strategic alliance with India's Mahindra
Sept. 18Ford Motor Co. and Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. are exploring forming a strategic alliance as the U.S. automaker tries to gain a foothold in a country that's set to become the world's third-biggest car market.
Ford CEO Hackett to speak at congress
Sept. 18Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett, who spent two decades running a Michigan office-furniture-maker, will be a keynote evening speaker at the Automotive News World Congress in January.
Seat man undercover for Ford
Sept. 18Ford reveals that it was behind a seemingly driverless Transit Connect spotted last month on the streets of Virginia.
Ford becomes second automaker to invest in Michigan test site
Sept. 15Ford said it will invest $5 million in the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, Mich., becoming the second automaker to sponsor the site.
Ford to hire 700 staff to meet car demand at Russia plant
Sept. 15Ford's Russian joint venture plans to hire more than 700 workers at its plant in Elabuga to meet growing demand for models including the Kuga and Explorer SUVs and the Transit van.
