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KUALA LUMPUR: Ahead of this year’s Chinese New Year celebration, Sime Darby Auto ConneXion (SDAC) recently shared some early festive joy at three charitable homes, in addition to releasing an original hip hop-rap Ford CNY song to usher in ...

Ford inks Argentina lithium supply deal with Lake Resources

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co said on Monday it has signed a preliminary deal to buy lithium from a Lake Resources NL facility in Argentina, marking the first time the automaker has publicly announced where it will procure the electric ...

Get more out of your Ranger with Ford Ranger Getaways

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Auto ConneXion (SDAC)’s unique Ford Ranger Getaway will give Ranger and Ranger Raptor owners th eopportunity to discover the full potential of their rugged pick-up trucks. The featured getaway is a one-day guided session with ...

Ford woos F-150 first-timers with Rattler variant

DETROIT: Ford today introduced a starter truck it calls the F-150 Rattler. The F-150 Rattler package is built off the XL series, with FX4 content featuring skid plates to help ensure Built Ford Tough protection for a confident off-road ...

Ford creates unit to develop autonomous vehicles and new technology

DETROIT: Ford chief executive officer Jim Farley has reshaped the company’s internal operations to accelerate development of autonomous vehicles and foster new technology businesses. Farley formed Ford Next late last year and put it under the direction of Franck ...

Seven Ford EVs by 2024

COLOGNE: Ford today announced significant strides towards an all-electric future in Europe, which will see the company transformed and offering a new generation of seven, all-electric, fully-connected passenger vehicles and vans by 2024. Today’s announcement builds on the recent ...

Utility company PG&E partners with Ford on bidirectional EV charging

HOUSTON: California utility PG&E Corp is partnering with Ford Motor Co to bring ‘bidirectional’ charging electric vehicles (EV) to its customers, the utility’s chief executive said on Thursday. Under bidirectional charging, also known as “vehicle-to-grid” charging, the electric charge ...

Ford revamps to run EV and engine businesses separately

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. will separate its fast-growing electric vehicle operations from its legacy combustion engine business in a historic reorganisation of the 118-year-old company. The new Ford Model e unit will scale up the automaker’s EV offerings and ...

How Ford wrestled ‘Sexy’ back from Musk in tussle over trademark

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co.’s use of Model e as the name of its new electric-vehicle unit, comes eight years after dashing Elon Musk’s hopes for a provocatively named lineup of cars from Tesla Inc. “A friend asked me at ...

Ford set to announce plans to run EV, ICE as separate businesses, say sources

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co will announce today a re-organisation under which its electric vehicle (EV) and internal-combustion engine (ICE) units will be run as separate businesses in a move to fast track growth in EVs, three people familiar with ...

Ford has no plans to spin off EV or gasoline-powered vehicle businesses

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co has no plans to spin off its electric vehicle or gasoline-powered vehicle businesses, chief executive Jim Farley said on Wednesday. “We have no plans to spin off our electric business or our ICE business,” Farley ...

Special edition Ford Ranger XLT Plus priced from RM136,800

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), the sole distributor for Ford in Malaysia, has unveiled the official price and availability of a new special edition Ford Ranger XLT Plus. Priced at RM136,888 on-the-road, without insurance, registration and road ...

Ford is lab testing new audio alerts for motorists

DETROIT: Ford is working on developing audio alerts that can help drivers identify the nature and location of hazards in order to anticipate any necessary action and avoid potential collisions. These alerts are intelligent alerts, in that they are ...

Ford may run EV business separately, says report

DETROIT: Ford is considering ways to separate its electric-vehicle operation from its legacy business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the effort. Chief executive officer Jim Farley has considered spinning off Ford’s electric operations or its ...

Ford introduces Ranger Life with unique getaway packages

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Auto ConneXion (SDAC), the sole distributor of Ford in Malaysia, has unveiled a new brand experiential programme called “Ford Ranger Getaways” to allow enthusiasts to experience the versatility of the Ranger Life. The series of ...

Ford, Suzuki to get incentives under India's US$3.5b clean fuel scheme

NEW DELHI: Ford Motor Co, Suzuki Motor Corp and Hyundai Motor are among 20 companies that will be eligible for incentives under India’s US$3.5 billion (RM14.7bil) scheme to boost clean fuel vehicles, the government said on Friday. The federal ...

Ford’s Lincoln brand to launch full slate of electric SUVs by 2026, say sources

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co is stepping up plans to extensively electrify its Lincoln brand in North America, as it prepares to introduce at least five new battery-powered Lincoln sport utility vehicles through 2026, say three people familiar with the ...

Ford and Toyota ally to counter Silicon Valley in dashboard war

LAS VEGAS: Toyota Motor Corp and Ford Motor Co said on Monday they will adopt the same software to link smartphone apps to vehicle dashboard screens and invited other automakers to join them to counter Apple Inc and Google’s ...

Journey-sharing app Jaunt wins Ford Smart Mobility Game Challenge

BARCELONA: A new app that could make journeys more efficient, more sociable and help to alleviate congestion has been announced the winner of the Ford Smart Mobility Challenge. The creators of journey-sharing app Jaunt were on Wednesday presented with ...

Great deals for Fiesta and Ecosport

PETALING JAYA: Ford distributor Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC) is offering attractive cash rebates of up to RM6,000 and low monthly repayments for selected Fiesta and EcoSport variants nationwide, from now through 30 April. Customers who buy a Fiesta ...

Preview 7-seater Ford Everest at 1Utama shopping centre

PETALING JAYA: The Ford Everest is coming soon and Malaysians can get an up-close look at the SUV at the new wing of 1Utama Shopping Centre here next week. Local Ford distributor Sime Darby Auto Connexion said the public ...

Ford teams up with Snapchat for LeMans

DETROIT: Ford and messaging service Snapchat are co-operating to provide special access to 2016’s edition of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Starting on June 18 from 3pm local time in France (1pm UTC), exclusive videos and ...

Ford marks Le Mans success with heritage edition GT

DETROIT: Ford is making its limited edition supercar even more limited with a ’66 Heritage edition that will only be available for the next 12 months and which was conceived to celebrate past and present Le Mans success. To ...

Ford Mustang gallops to Penang

KUALA LUMPUR: The all-new Ford Mustang will put on public display from July 15 to 24 at the Sime Darby Auto Connexion Juru Showroom in Penang. The car on display will be the 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine with 317PS and ...

Ford co-bots make car assembly easier and safer

LONDON: Ford is breaking new ground in the way workers and robots are collaborating to manufacture vehicles. New collaborative robots – or co-bots – are being used to help workers fit shock absorbers to Fiesta cars, a task that ...

US Postal Service issues stamps featuring historical Ford trucks

DETROIT: Ford fans can now send their first-class mail with stamps featuring the truck brand that has been the No. 1 seller in the United States for 39 years. The US Postal Service is now selling four new stamps ...

Ford and Kia boosting CarPlay and Android Auto support

DETROIT: Ford is adding full Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support to every car in its 2017 model year range, and Kia is continuing on its quest to offer owners of its existing models the same smartphone compatibility features ...

Production of Ford GT extended two more years

DETROIT: Ford Performance is adding two more years of production for the carbon fibre Ford GT supercar. The announcement comes on the heels of letters sent to potential customers notifying them of their application status to buy one of ...

What 8 in 10 Malaysians want in a new car: It's not power

The acclaimed 1.0-litre Ecoboost engine. KUALA LUMPUR: When it comes to buying a new car, more than 83 percent of Malaysian consumers say that fuel efficiency is more important than power. That is just one conclusion of a ...

Harman to better Ford's audio system worldwide

DEARBORN: As new car buyers say audio brands are influencing their opinions of vehicles, Ford and HARMAN are teaming up to revolutionize in-vehicle experiences through the introduction of all-new B&O PLAY audio systems in Ford vehicles worldwide. “Customers tell ...

Ford starts Ranger production at its Thai plant

BANGKOK: Ford has announced the start of production for the Ranger pickup truck at its Thailand plant to help meet growing demand across the Asia Pacific region. The Ranger is also built at Ford’s joint-venture facility, AutoAlliance Thailand, which ...

Ford test drive for a good cause

PETALING JAYA: Ford and local distributor Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC) today kicked off the Ford Charity Drive for Joy campaign. From today till 21 December 2016, Ford and SDAC will donate RM5 to a charity home for every test drive taken ...

2017 Detroit auto show: Diesel-powered Ford F-150 to join the ranks

DEARBORN: Ford’s new upcoming F-150 is due to make its debut at this year’s Detroit Auto Show with an added 3.0-litre turbo-diesel engine to join the lineup. Ford isn’t revealing much details at the moment, only that its 3.0-litre ...

Ford Mustang gets only two stars in Euro NCAP

BRUSSELS: Ford’s iconic muscle-car, the Mustang, has scored a two-star rating for overall safety in Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) tests, with concerns about its crash protection of adult and child occupants and a worrying lack of ...

Ford GT is the fastest ever

DEARBORN, Michigan: The Ford GT bested both the McLaren 675LT and Ferrari 458 Speciale at Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada, in 2016 development testing, with all contenders track-prepped with new fluids, fresh tyres and optimal suspension settings, in identical ...

Ford device to boost connectivity in its models without modems

DETROIT: Ford said today it would sell a plug-in device to enable features like remote start, security alerts, a Wifi hotspot and vehicle location assistance on 2010-2016 model year Ford and Lincoln cars. The device would compete with similar ...

Ford plans fully-electric SUV by 2020 thanks to Millennials

LONDON: Ford has found that more than four out of five Millennials believe that the sport utility vehicle (SUV) has shed their gas-guzzling ways and one in four are willing to buy one. This was the findings of the ...

Ford tests large-scale 3D printing

DETROIT: Ford is exploring how large-scale one-piece auto parts, like spoilers, could be printed for prototyping and future production vehicles, as the first automaker to pilot the Stratasys Infinite Build 3D printer. Capable of printing automotive parts of practically ...

Ford SYNC 3 recognises handwritten Chinese

SHANGHAI: With SYNC 3, Ford’s next generation in-car media and navigation system, the Ford Mustang can understand handwritten Chinese characters inputted with a swipe of the finger. With enhanced voice recognition technology, SYNC 3 also recognizes voice commands in ...

Ford makes its hottest hot hatch even hotter

DEARBORN: With its 345hp engine, permanent intelligent all-wheel drive and integrated drift mode for sideways cornering like Ken Block, the Ford Focus RS is already one of the best driver’s cars on sale today at any price. But to ...

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