How, exactly, was it decided that Ford Global Design would plagiarize Aston Martin so brazenly, so pointedly?
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Ford is a global leader in researching car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications.
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So he has plucked a handful of the company's brightest thinkers, led by Chief Financial Officer Allan Gilmour , to conduct a top-to-bottom review of Ford's global strategy.
More recently, as president of Ford's car business, Mr Nasser has taken a grip on Ford's global reorganisation, which Mr Trotman launched a few years earlier and which had seemed to be spinning out of control.
Secondly, what we're doing in the industry, and here at Ford, is sharing global architectures, or what the sheet metal sits on, on a vehicle.
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As Ford's investment in electrified vehicles such as Fusion Hybrid increased, so did the size of the Sustainable Mobility Technologies team behind it, said Chuck Gray, Ford chief engineer, Global Core Engineering Hybrid and Electric Vehicles.
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Essentially it is a plan based on global teamwork, and leveraging the global resources of Ford.
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich.
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Ford intends to have a global theme this time, but does not rule out tailoring some advertising to local markets where it is felt appropriate.
During the recent economic downturn that brought havoc throughout the global auto industry Ford saw production slump from 5.532 million units in 2008 to 4.817 million units in 2009.
"Some of the most premium parking spaces were used for EV charging, and there weren't the vehicles to support them, and you can imagine what the impact was for non-EV drives, " said Mike Tinskey, manager of global electrification at Ford Motor Co.
Ford has traditionally lagged behind global auto majors such as General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen AG, but the company is investing significantly in the region to increase capacity and expand the product line as it looks to cut its dependency on the North American market.
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In his new role, Fields said he will oversee Ford's day-to-day global operations, while Mulally will shape the long-term execution of his 'One Ford' plan and mentor top executives.
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Collating results from these programmes will ultimately enable Ford to deliver new technologies to global customers with greater speed, efficiency, and with minimal cost.
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Further, by creating global vehicle platforms, Ford maximizes the use of as many shared parts and components across as many lines as possible to lower overall costs.
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"Working together will significantly help speed this technology to market at a more affordable cost to our customers, " said Raj Nair, group vice president of global product development at Ford.
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"Today, Ford leads the industry leader in infotainment, " said Derrick Kuzak, Ford's group vice president of Global Product Development.
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"He made his vision clear: There is one plan, one team, one Ford, " says J Mays, Ford's group vice president of global design.
Ford wants to also accelerate development of global vehicles that share similar underpinnings, in order to squeeze out even more savings from engineering, manufacturing and marketing.
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To be fair, thanks to the euro debt crisis and ailing economies, Europe today is a trouble spot for all global automakers, including rival Ford Motor Co.
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Thus, Ford, Audi, and many audio and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) companies will be visible to the general public.
VanDagens, global director of connected services for Ford, said the carmaker had been trying to partner with Spotify for a year and a half.
K. Venkatesh Prasad, head of the advanced engineering team at Ford, talked about the car as a global platform in which people spend some 2 billion commuter hours a week, which can give people custom information, and act as collective sensors of movement or weather.
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich.
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"The danger is safety, " John Ellis, global technologist for connected services and solutions at Ford, said at a CES 2013 discussion.
Like Ford Motor, GM is moving toward so-called global architectures-- single sets of components for vehicles worldwide--which will boost its economies of scale.
"More than ever, cars are sharing the same energy source as the home, " says Mike Tinskey, global director of Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure, Ford Motor Company.
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