Ford Motor Company

Ford Recycles CO2 to Create Foam

May 18, 2016 By Nadeem Muaddi

Ford Motor Company has always been a leader in the use of recycled materials. They've employed everything from old pants and plants to uncirculated cash and water bottles in the construction of their interiors. Now the automaker has announced a new achievement in recycling: It's recapturing CO2 to create foam and plastic. … [Read more...] about Ford Recycles CO2 to Create Foam

Why Ford Uses Clay to Design Car Seats

April 26, 2016 By Naseem Muaddi

After a car seat is designed but before it’s ready for mass production, automakers turn to the old tradition of clay modeling to transform their illustration into a three-dimensional prototype. The following two videos take viewers inside Ford Motor Company’s clay-modeling department at its design studio in Cologne, Germany. Watch as their artists create a stunning clay … [Read more...] about Why Ford Uses Clay to Design Car Seats

The Strange Ways Ford Tests its Interiors

February 2, 2016 By Nadeem Muaddi

Audi made headlines last year with news that it employs a special "Nose Team" to test the scent of every fabric and material that goes inside its cars. However, it’s hardly the first automaker to rely on strange tests to measure and evaluate some aspect of its interiors. In fact, Ford Motor Company just revealed that it too engages in such experiments. … [Read more...] about The Strange Ways Ford Tests its Interiors

Flashback: Ford’s ‘Wrist Twist’ Steering

September 17, 2015 By Nadeem Muaddi

In 1965, an ex-missile engineer working for Ford Motor Company reinvented the steering wheel to allow drivers to navigate their vehicles using a pair of twist dials. The gizmo, appropriately named the "Wrist Twist" steering control, offered some advantages, but never caught on. It also went down in automotive history as one of the strangest re-engineering efforts of all time. … [Read more...] about Flashback: Ford’s ‘Wrist Twist’ Steering

Watch Ford Design the Mustang’s Interior

April 30, 2015 By Nadeem Muaddi

Ford Motor Company shot a video documentary on the design and development of the all-new 2015 Mustang, and is publishing it online in a series of chapters to mark the iconic vehicle's 50th anniversary. Last week, Ford published "Chapter One: Exterior Design" — which showed a collaborative effort by project managers, designers and engineers to get the new Mustang's body just … [Read more...] about Watch Ford Design the Mustang’s Interior