Press Releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2008 |
FORD’S NEW SMART INTERSECTION 'TALKS' TO CARS TO HELP REDUCE COLLISIONS, FUEL-WASTING CONGESTIONDEARBORN, Mich., July 10 – Ford Motor Company researchers today unveiled one of the first privately funded “smart intersections” in North America, a key step toward leveraging GPS technology and wireless infrastructure-to-vehicle communications to reduce traffic accidents and ease congestion. |
| 10 Jul 2008 |
FORD’S NEW SMART INTERSECTION ‘TALKS’ TO CARS TO HELP REDUCE COLLISIONS, FUEL-WASTING CONGESTIONFord Motor Company researchers today unveiled one of the first privately funded "smart intersections" in North America, a key step toward leveraging GPS technology and wireless infrastructure-to-vehicle communications to reduce traffic accidents and ease congestion. |
| 10 Jul 2008 |
SOUNDBITES; SMART INTERSECTIONIf you or someone you know has ever been in a crash at an intersection, you're not alone. More than 40,000 deaths occur in the United States due to traffic fatalities. Approximately 40 percent of all traffic accidents and 20 percent of crash related fatalities happen at intersections. Ford Motor Company is researching ways to help drivers avoid crashing these types of accidents. |
| 10 Jul 2008 |
CARL EDWARDS IS READY FOR CHICAGO, GETTING READY FOR THE CHASECarl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Office Depot Ford Fusion, is in fourth place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings heading into Saturday night’s race at Chicagoland Speedway. Edwards is coming off a second-place finish at Daytona last Saturday night, his 11th top-10 in the last 13 races. He finished third at Chicagoland last year. |
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