Nanotechnology is a set of tools and processes that allows us to manipulate matter at an extremely small scale. (One nanometer is one billionth of a meter, or 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.) Ford has a long history of using nanotechnology. We were one of the first automakers to apply nanotechnology to our products through the use of nanoparticle-based exhaust catalysis and emission controls, which we implemented in the 1970s.
Today Ford is using nanotechnology in a wide range of applications that will improve the safety, sustainability and performance of our vehicles and decrease the costs of our research and product development processes.
