Perhaps one of the biggest questions in automotive land was exactly how far big tech companies were going to go in on this car thing — and whether Silicon Valley would take… Read More
Have you ridden a self-driving Ford lately? They’re not on the market yet, but Ford President and CEO Mark Fields has been quoted as saying fully autonomous cars could be available… Read More
Alan Mulally started out designing Boeing jets in 1969, and eventually made his mark as the president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Then he moved on to lead Ford Motor Co.’s… Read More
Ford is entering the car-sharing arena. The company announced today that it will launch a pilot car-sharing program in six U.S. cities — including Portland — and London that will… Read More
Ford is making it easier for London residents to drive around the city without owning a car. The company today officially launched GoDrive, a smartphone-enabled service that lets you pick-up and… Read More
Oh, times have changed. The days of the big, bad SUVs are hopefully long gone, making way for the electric car revolution. And Ford has just announced a serious contender… Read More
Intellectual Ventures has licensed its portfolio of 40,000 patents and patent applications to Ford Motor Co., according to an announcement from the Bellevue, Wash.-based company this morning. The deal also gives… Read More
Call it speed dating, Mustang style. Ford’s latest is a prank that starts with some boring coffee dates, and that first-date superficial chit-chat, that quickly gets elevated once the stunt driver… Read More
Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally has joined Google’s Board of Directors just a few weeks after retiring from the car giant earlier this month. Mulally was president and CEO of… Read More
Is Microsoft’s relationship with Ford fraying? That’s one way to read a report from Bloomberg today which notes that the Ford is planning to dump Microsoft in favor of BlackBerry… Read More
Amazon is now the most favored brand in America, according to a new report. YouGov’s annual BrandIndex Year in Review ranked the Seattle-based online retailer ahead of all of the… Read More
Microsoft has one less CEO candidate to consider. Ford CEO Alan Mulally tells The Associated Press today that he plans to stay at the auto giant through 2014, noting in… Read More
While members of Ford’s board of directors have been outwardly confident about CEO Alan Mulally’s plans for the future, it seems they may not be feeling so sure about what… Read More
While Ford CEO Alan Mulally is considered one of the front-runners to replace Steve Ballmer at Microsoft, he may not be able to leave his current job. “Alan is staying through… Read More
Much of the speculation about Microsoft’s next CEO has focused on individual candidates for the job, but what if the company could land two veteran leaders with complementary technical and… Read More
Guest Commentary: A flurry of speculation that Seattle’s Alan Mulally, Ford’s turnaround CEO, might be chosen to become Microsoft’s next CEO has digital pundits rushing to throw cold water on the idea. Forbes, for one,… Read More
One of my most vivid memories of the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is what Ford CEO Alan Mulally did after delivering a big keynote address. Rather than… Read More
Microsoft is expected to announce its long-awaited internal reorganization as early as tomorrow, shaking up its executive ranks and divisional structure in a bid to make itself more nimble in… Read More
Amazon.com is bringing its Cloud Player music service to vehicles equipped with Ford Sync AppLink, including new Mustangs, Fusions and F-150s. That means Amazon Cloud Player users with an Android… Read More
Texting and driving continues to be a big problem, despite powerful public service announcements condemning the practice. Now, a new technology from Seattle startup Glympse and auto maker Ford could… Read More
Posting from Las Vegas: Telenav today unveiled a new service called Scout that bundles a collection of location-based services with turn-by-turn driving directions, releasing it initially as a free iPhone… Read More
Ford is in the midst of a major PR campaign to drive support of its new Focus Electric and C-MAX Energy electric vehicles. And what better way to build buzz… Read More
A new partnership announced between Ford and Toyota this morning is attracting lots of attention, primarily focused on the companies’ plans to collaborate on a new hybrid-electric system for light trucks… Read More
Our region has seen the rise of a cottage industry in automotive “infotainment,” and Seattle-based Airbiquity is continuing the streak with the news today that it will provide data-over-voice technologies… Read More