The reformer Ida Tarbell went to Highland Park planning to expose the oppressive Ford system.
Bethany Thayer, a national spokeswoman for the ADA and a manager of wellness and program strategies at the Henry Ford Health System, says the most effective meal-planning strategy is built on knowing what you want before going to the supermarket.
The highest paid person listed was Gail L. Warden, head of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
Just weeks after the magazine assailed Ford for how the complexity of the MyFord Touch system continued to confuse American car buyers, Consumer Reports alleged that the Ford Fusion Hybrid delivered only 39 mpg in its tests of the vehicle in highway and city driving, far short of the 47 mpg Ford claims for the model.
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It will be at least two years before the new system bears fruit: The Ford Futura is the first of as many as 10 new Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models to be built off the same underpinning used for the Mazda 6 midsize sedan. (Ford has a controlling stake in Mazda.) In all, Ford's domestic brands plan to introduce 65 new or redesigned vehicles in the next five years.
So Ford modified the system for the Wayne plant, substituting a Stirling engine for the fuel cell.
Ultimately, says Ford, the system could power one-third of the plant's paint shop.
For example: Key to the Ford hybrid's system big numbers is its all-electric speed range of up to 62 mph.
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Ford officials have said that the costs of its current hybrid system are 30 percent less than the costs of Ford's previous-generation hybrid systems due in large part to those cost-containment efforts.
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"Ford is truly making the office mobile, " said Ford product development manager Bill Frykman while demonstrating the system Thursday to reporters in an F-150 parked in a large tent outside the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Founded in 1902, Ford has recently been rolling out a new line of small, fuel-efficient cars, including the well-received Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus, loaded with technology like the hands-free Sync entertainment system and assisted parking.
Ms. Brace says Ford is also simplifying many of the MyFord Touch system's screens.
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Ford is reducing the cost of its current hybrid system by 30 percent versus the company's previous-generation system.
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That range per charge is comparable to the Nissan Leaf and other electric cars now being sold but Ford has installed a 6.6-kilowatt onboard charging system that lets the Focus fully charge in three hours when connected to a 240-volt charging station.
Ford is still using the pay-for-production system but isn't likely to repeat it anytime soon.
The Sync system comes standard in all Lincoln vehicles, Ford says.
To compress the hydrogen to a manageable volume, Ford must make a fuel system good for 5, 000 pounds per square inch of pressure, using exotic techniques and materials.
Microsoft has made a deal with Ford Motor Company to put its software into the dashboard with a system called Synch(ph).
So at some point, those costs do drop off the system, but there will be an immediate cost to Ford for actually announcing these plant closings.
Ford's MyKey system has been engendering teen resentment since the release of the 2010 Focus, allowing parents to limit max speeds and cap radio volume, but parental control doesn't stop there -- the 2011 MyKey can selectively block radio stations.
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"Ford is unique because we continue to build on the power of the SYNC system that lets customers connect to off-board services through their own mobile devices, " said Doug VanDagens, director of Ford's Connected Services Organization.
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Ghost riding a wave of success with the in-car Sync, Ford has unveiled expansions to its Microsoft-fueled communications system.
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Also, Ford said, 71 percent of owners with the new upgrade vouched they would recommend the system to owners.
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Directors like Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas come here to make movies that are outside the Hollywood studio system.
Ford never was destined to be able to wield forever the initial advantages of its pioneering Sync system.
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Ford's new Sync system, built with help from Microsoft, gives drivers the ability to control their electronics and even dictate text messages from the driver's seat.
And one-third of the firm's revenue now comes from cars, thanks to the incorporation of its database into products since as US Ford's Sync in-car communications system.
Kevin Yee, administrator of cardiology at Henry Ford, says managing images was becoming a logistical nightmare when the hospital decided to test the cloud system in 2011.
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Ford's prototype system aims to lessen distraction by taking readouts from biometric sensors and combining the data with information from the car, including speed, steering-wheel angle, and data from radar sensors or cameras used in blind-spot obstacle detection or cruise control.
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Ford would no doubt counter that drivers can always use the voice-command menu, but I find that system to be demanding, rigid, dense and a little hostile.
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