@Ford North America Digital Magazine Now Live
The third edition of the @Ford digital magazine for 2017 is now live online. This volume of the award-winning digital publication features a special section highlighting a century of Ford truck leadership, coverage of how Ford employees had the chance to experience a special total solar eclipse event in their own back yard, profiles of employees past and present who make this company what it is today and much, much more. Click here to read more.
Ford News
'Seat Suit' Helps Ford, Virginia Tech Study Reactions to Autonomous Vehicles
Researchers of a recent study had quite the dilemma on their hands – how do they simulate a fully self-driving experience without using an actual autonomous vehicle? To read the full article, click here .
Heroes of Quality: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Ford's Powertrain Quality Team Worked to Earn J.D. Power Best-in-Class Initial Transmission Quality Honors
It wasn't pure luck or coincidence that Ford transmissions went from near worst-in-class for the 2012 model year to best among auto manufacturers today. To read the full article, click here .
Ford Extends Hurricane Relief Programs to Victims of Irma
Ford Motor Company and its dealers are providing special assistance for Hurricane Irma victims, including first responders, existing customers, and those needing to replace lost or damaged vehicles. To read the full article, click here.
Global Notes
Focus RS Edition Provides More Traction And Driving Appeal
BRENTWOOD, England – The new Focus RS Edition, which features a mechanical Quaife limited-slip differential, is now available to order, providing even more traction and driving appeal for performance driving enthusiasts. To read the full article, click here.
Stylish Ford Tourneo Custom Makes Perfect People-Mover for Luxury Business Transport and Tour Operators
DUBAI, UAE. – The dynamic Ford Tourneo Custom offers users a more stylish and car-like people mover with class-leading comfort and best-in-class safety offerings. To read the full article, click here.
Retiree Connect
Show Us Your Ford
Do you love Ford as much as we do? Show your love for Ford by participating in our Me and My Ford campaign. How do you enter? It's simple. Send a pic of you and your Ford, with a caption, to blueoval@ford.com. Or post your photo on Twitter or Instagram and tag @AtFordOnline using #FordRetiree #MeandMyFord.
We'll spotlight a new photo each week in the Blue Oval Connect weekly briefing. Let's see those Fords! Weekly Spotlight
Outside Voices
Ford's New CEO Hints at Ambitious Plans: 'We Don't Want to Cede the Future to Anybody Else' (Fortune) Some companies take a cookie-cutter approach to selecting their CEOs. They might favor home-grown talent, for instance, or engineers steeped in the company's products, or salespeople who excel at spinning a corporate yarn. The next CEO tends to look like the previous CEO, and will be followed by someone cut from the same cloth. To see the full report, click here.
Silicon Valley Outpost Offers Lens Into Hackett's Ford (The Detroit News) For a glimpse into how Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett thinks, look to the team of engineers inside the Blue Oval's Greenfield Labs not far from here. It's rethinking how people might use transportation in the future. To read the full article, click here.
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'Seat Suit' Helps Ford, Virginia Tech Study Reactions to Autonomous Vehicles
Heroes of Quality: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Ford's Powertrain Quality Team Worked to Earn J.D. Power Best-in-Class Initial Transmission Quality Honors
Ford Extends Hurricane Relief Programs to Victims of Irma
Focus RS Edition Provides More Traction And Driving Appeal
Stylish Ford Tourneo Custom Makes Perfect People-Mover for Luxury Business Transport and Tour Operators
