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FoMoCo announced today that the company’s CEO, Alan Mulally, will once again deliver the keynote address at the International CES show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2010. Mulally will focus on Ford’s latest innovations and will announce new technology developments related to Ford’s popular, voice-activated SYNC technology.
“Ford continues to lead by bringing together the automobile [...]

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Mulally delivers Ford Fusion Hybrid with 1 Millionth SYNC System to Microsoft’s CEO

As GM’s Fritz Henderson and Chrysler’s Bob Nardelli face their career’s toughest week, Ford CEO Alan Mulally is out and about making vehicle deliveries. That’s right, FoMoCo CEO Alan Mulally headed over to Seattle today to deliver the 1 millionth vehicle, a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, equipped with Ford Sync to Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer.
“We [...]

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Ford: Study finds using SYNC reduces driving distractions

Ford said today that a new study shows that its SYNC hands-free system reduces the level of driving distractions when a drive attempts to select a phone number or choose a song to play from their playlist.
The research conducted by Ford itself found that on average a driver takes his/her eyes off the road for [...]

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Ford’s Eva is no Eva Mendez but will keep you’re anti-social self some company

Besides showing off the new SYNC at the 2009 CES, Ford also showed how customers can react and interact with a vehicle’s controls and display by making voice recognition more natural and conversational. Ford’s Human Machine Interface’s (HMI) first breakthrough was the SmartGauge with EcoGuide - an innovative instrument cluster that provides real-time info that helps [...]

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Ford to take SYNC global with new features

The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is taking place right now and Ford has announced that it is taking its industry-leading SYNC technology global with an array new features. Starting 2010, Ford’s SYNC will be available in Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia.
CEO Alan Mulally along with Derrik Kuzak, group vice president of Global Product Development, [...]

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