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Volvo Announces Their Cars Are Going Fully-Electric by 2030
With the UK government recently confirming plans to require all new car sales to be fully-electric by 2030, this is clearly going to require quite a significant overhaul for most major manufacturers who currently retail (or developer) their various models in the country. It seems, however, that a surprising number…
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Ford Follows Jaguar With All-Electric Car Initiative!
There is certainly a growing movement within various governments worldwide to ensure that all new cars that are manufactured should be either zero-emission or fully-electric before the end of this decade. While the merits of whether this is truly viable or possible are open to more than a little interpretation,…
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Ford Reveals Electric F-150 Prototype By Towing A Train
It seems that one way or another, electric cars will form a significant part of the future on our roads. Is there is one major criticism of them, however, it’s exactly how practical they will be. It seems that in terms of raw power and capabilities, however, Ford is keen…
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Ford Reveal Conveyor Belt Bed To Keep Hogs In Their Own Half
Ford Interventions – The Lane-Keeping Bed Once you’re past all of the lovey-dovey stages of a relationship, you’ll find that the simple things become important. For example, who generally tends to wake up first. Bathroom priorities. You get the idea. There is, however, one universal fact that can not be ignored.…
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Ford Reveal Noise Cancelling Dog Kennel Design
Ford Reveal Noise Cancelling Dog Kennel Design Anyone who owns a dog knows that there are two times of the year that can be pretty miserable. Specifically, bonfire night and new years. Why? Well, think about what these two events usually have in common. Yes, most dog owners have an…
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Ford Announce Plans To Invest At Least £8bn In Electric Cars
Ford Plan More Electric Cars Electric cars may indeed be the way of the future, or at least, the short to medium term future. In recent years we have seen many major car manufacturers turn their eye to electric vehicles. Toyota, Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover have all jumped into the market…
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GTA V Being Used to Train Autonomous Vehicle Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is being trained for autonomous vehicle driving using an unlikely tool: Grand Theft Auto V. While the game itself does not have an ultra-realistic physics engine for the AI to learn from, the blockbuster game allows for a multitude of vehicles to be used and its detailed driving…
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Firewatch Artwork Stolen by Ford Dealership
When Firewatch released it came with a stylized visual design created by graphic designer and illustrator Olly Moss. The problem is that when you create amazing pieces of artwork, people often want to create something similar or in Ford’s case, something identical. The issue came to light when the email…
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New Ford Subsidiary to Focus on Emerging Mobility Services
Today, Ford revealed that they would be operating a new subsidiary, Ford Smart Mobility, that would be focused on developing autonomous cars, car connectivity, transportation and maintain an investment in emerging mobility services. This new branch of Ford will be overseen by Ford board member and Former CEO of Steelcase Jim…
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Want to Watch a Movie in Your Self-Driving Car? Ford Wants You To!
We all know that Ford is one of many companies that are looking at self-driving cars. They’ve even tested their cars in the snow, a weather most of us don’t like driving in at the best of times. What do you do when you don’t have to drive? That half…
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Ford Test Autonomous Car in Snow
Autonomous cars have come a long way in recent times, with some even being considered safer than human drivers. But now Ford have decided to try out their autonomous car in snow, which can even cause trouble for experienced human drivers. Ford’s self-driving car makes use of a technology they…
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Woman Arrested After Her Car Reported Her to Police
A woman was reported to police for an alleged hit-and-run by her own car. 57-year-old Cathy Bernstein of Port St. Lucie, Florida, crashed into the back of a of a minivan and fled the scene, only for her Ford Focus (same model as pictured above) to auto-dial 911 to…
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This Ford Designed Xbox One Controller is Seriously Cool!
A Ford designed Xbox One controller you say? What kind of madness is this! OK, first things first, this isn’t a real controller, it’s a marketing stunt, but I’m already twitching at my wallet hoping that it becomes a reality, because this may be the coolest Xbox One controller yet!…
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Ford S-Max Speed Limiter Will Police Your Driving
Ford is to implement an on-board system in its new car that will prevent drivers from exceeding a road’s speed limit. The Intelligent Speed Limiter, to be included with the new Ford S-Max, launching in Europe this Summer, uses a windshield-mounted camera to detect road signs. When the vehicle enters,…
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