Weekly News Roundup: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Here’s a round-up of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) news stories from this week. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) company shares ended the week at 11.7 (as of 10/20/2011).

Weekly News Roundup: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Monday 10 October

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has entered into a turbocharger technology deal with Continental.
Under this new deal, the US based auto maker giant Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) will use Continental AG’s new fuel-efficient turbocharger technology in its small displacement engines.

This turbocharger technology will power Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s 2012 Ford Focus following C-Max and in the new B-Max.

Gerhard Bohm, head of the Engine Systems business unit in Continental’s Powertrain Division said, “Continental’s cutting-edge turbocharger technology will make it possible for modern combustion engines to remain competitive with alternative engines over the long term with respect to efficiency, environmental friendliness and performance.”

Tuesday 11 October

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has decided to demonstrate its smart electrification technology at the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems.
According to reports, the Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) will present its smart electrification technology that uses cloud-based computing and data to optimize a plug-in hybrid’s powertrain efficiency at the 18th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems.

Paul Mascarenas, Chief Technical Officer and vice president, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) Research and Innovation said, “With this technology we are talking about pure customer benefit – creating the right individualized and optimized experience for each person, vehicle and situation.”

Wednesday 12 October

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has decided to introduce new technology to read phone messages while driving.
As a part of a move to reduce texting while driving, the auto maker giant Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is installing a new feature in its vehicles that will read text messages out loud to the driver.

This feature is part of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s voice-activated technology Sync, and will be in all of the 2012 Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) vehicles, except the Ranger.

Mark Porter, supervisor of Sync product development, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said, “It will be made available as an upgrade to Sync vehicles that are model 2010 or later. In order to install the capability, owners can download the upgrade from the Sync site onto a USB drive along with print-out instructions.”

Thursday 13 October

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has decided to move its truck production to Ohio.
The US based auto maker giant Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is planning to move the production of its medium-duty F-650/750 commercial trucks to its Ohio Assembly Plant from Mexico.

Len DeLuca, Ford or Company (NYSE:F)’s director of commercial trucks said, “The dates for moving the medium-duty truck production to Ohio had not been disclosed. The shift in truck production also will mean the end of Blue Diamond Truck LLC, the joint venture Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has with Navistar Inc. to build the trucks.”

Friday 14 October

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has selected aPriori to reduce its product and tooling costs.
Leading product cost management software solutions provider aPriori’s software platform has been selected by auto maker giant Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) to reduce its product and tooling costs.

Stephanie Feraday, president and CEO of aPriori said, “This capability is becoming more and more critical for manufacturers like Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) that are looking to provide their customers with the highest possible value in their products. Providing design and tooling engineers with visibility to potentially expensive design or manufacturing challenges early on, reduces the need to re-engineer products late in the design cycle when it is much more costly.”