Ford Sync™Debuts -- as an industry-exclusive, hands-free way to use cell phones and portable music players using voice commands. Sync will be standard on Lincoln products and widely available on Ford and Mercury vehicles.
When you talk, your Ford listens. Discover the ease of controlling your music or phone with Ford SYNC''s voice command system.
Ford is expanding its connectivity leadership by introducing exclusive new SYNC real-time information features that deliver personalized news updates to drivers mobile phones while helping them navigate around trouble spots, saving time and fuel.
Fords next-generation SYNC system -- Traffic, Direction and Information -- leverages industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology and a customers Bluetooth-capable mobile phone. Debuting this spring, it will provide simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports and weather.
Ford's "911 Assist" technology could save lives
Ford introduces 911 Assist technology which calls emergency dispatchers directly in an accident where your air bag deploys. There is no third party call center involved. And it's free!
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Hybrid Smart Gauge
Ford Motor Company's Smart Gauge™ with EcoGuide coaches drivers to maximize fuel efficiency on the 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids. The technology uses two LCD screens on either side of the speedometer to inform drivers about fuel usage, battery levels and more. Jeffrey Greenberg, a Ford Senior Technical Leader, takes you through an in-car tutorial.
How to maximize fuel economy 2010 Fusion Hybrid
The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is now officially America's most fuel-efficient mid-size sedan. Fusion Hybrid is certified at 41 mpg city and 36 mpg highway. Learn how to make the most of your hybrid.
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Sirius Travel Link
Ford Sync™Debuts -- as an industry-exclusive, hands-free way to use cell phones and portable music players using voice commands. Sync will be standard on Lincoln products and widely available on Ford and Mercury vehicles.
Ford is moving in-car connectivity forward with the launch of an available next-generation navigation system, with available SIRIUS Travel Link™ - offering traffic data, weather, fuel prices, sports, movie listings, and more.
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Ford Work Solutions
Ford Work Solutions is a collection of affordable technologies --including four industry-first features -- that will provide Ford customers connectivity, flexibility and security to better run key aspects of their business -- from their Ford Truck, even on the job site.
The Ford Work Solution is an in-dash computer developed with Magneti Marelli and powered by Microsoft Auto that provides full high-speed Internet access via the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network and navigation by Garmin. It's the first broadband-capable in-dash computer in production. This system allows customers to print invoices, check inventories and access documents stored on their home or office computer networks, right on the job site.
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Rearview Camera System
The new rearview video camera parking aid system enhances visibility at the rear of the box through an innovative video feed customers can conveniently see on the rearview mirror. The Rearview Camera System is mounted in the tailgate handle bezel and is activated when the vehicle is shifted into reverse. The video image is displayed in the self-dimming rearview mirror, a natural place for the driver to look while in reverse. This system gives drivers who tow the visibility they need to back up to their trailer and line up precisely to hook up the hitch. The industry's only other truck application requires drivers to look down at the navigation screen as they're reversing.
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Ford's Future
A glimpse into the future with a new, more powerful HMI that hints at how Ford's future interior environments could function one day. It takes SYNC to the next level through the use of configurable controls and the use of an electronic personal assistant, or "avatar," named Eva (for Electronic Voice Activation)
