The 5 Coolest Technologies We Saw at Ford's Silicon Valley Center - Automobile
Ford opened the doors to what it calls its “innovation center” in Silicon Valley in January of this year, and is hard at work on developing the next-generation of automotive technology. To show what technologies we might see in future cars, Ford invited us to take a look behind the curtain at some of the coolest tech and concepts they had stewing in its high-tech pot. In the case of the next-gen Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks, that means “up to” seven cameras per truck. Beyond the next-gen HD trucks, Ford plans to introduce standard backup cameras on all its models in 2018, and standard front-facing cameras in 2020. Ford says the biggest challenge facing the future of cameras is dealing with weather and dirt. For now, Ford's solution is a cool robotic pop-up washer to deal with grime, available on the F-150. Ford has made significant investments in the pursuit of alternative materials, with heavy emphasis on recycled and reclaimed goods. It all started with soybeans, with Ford’s use of soybean-based seat foam in the 2008 Ford Mustang. Ford has utilized repurposed wheat straw, the byproduct of harvesting wheat grain, to create a wheat-straw plastic used in the Ford Flex storage bins, beginning. Source: www.automobilemag.com
