For a new vehicle to come to market in the United States, it must be crashed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to make sure it’s safe enough for people to ride in.
For the plug-in Ford vehicles, Ford offers a mobile app that allows owners to find their vehicles, lock and unlock them, and start them. That data connection is fundamentally the same setup as FCA has, and could potentially be subject to a similar exploit.
If you wanted to try and set a world record and road trip to all fifty-states in just seven days, what vehicle would you want to use? If you are smart, you’ll use something large, practical, comfortable, well built, and with decent fuel economy. You would use a Ford.
For months, people within the industry were talking about a rumor, a whisper, a glanced upon sketch that was deep in the bowls of the Ford Motor Company.
Although the 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum is the fanciest Explorer yet, one of the reasons why the Blue Oval has sold more than 7 million Explorers in the U.S. is – financially – they’re accessible. The BraunAbility MXV will be accessible in a completely different way.
When our servicemen and women return home from war, some have permanent physical and emotional injuries. Being disabled can add extra strain and hardship on a family. Something as simple as driving a car can be forever changed by the loss of a limb.