Ford Sees All Its US Cars Connected by 2019
Ford expects to have 100 percent of its U.S. vehicles connected by 2019 and 90 percent globally by 2020, President-Global Operations Joe Hinrichs told a Goldman Sachs investor conference Monday. “The opportunity of connecting the vehicle with modems going forward…
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is really to bring the whole system to that connected integration as well. And so the art of the possible expands dramatically.” Ford needs to design the “electrical architecture” into the connected car “to take advantage of that at the same time you put the modem in the vehicle,” said Hinrichs. He said the question is, “What can we help you do better in your daily life and make it easier and more enjoyable by having this capability?”