Do You Multitask While Driving?

A new study commissioned by Ford has found that an alarming amount of drivers multi-task, exercising bad habits while driving. Fortunately Ford is also attempting to lower this number, and safely accommodate drivers who do like to multi-task during their commute offering a wide range of hands-free options as well as new safety features that will warn drivers to certain risks on the road. Freep.com writes: Dearborn – Drivers admit to bad driving habits that can make them less attentive and prone to accidents but they welcome technology that makes them more aware of their surroundings, a new survey released today shows. A...

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Ford Planning To Produce 800,000 Turbo Charged Vehicles.

Ford is making a huge leap in the hybrid market, but that’s not the only place they’re leaving traces of Ford greatness. Next year Ford is set to produce over 800,000 turbo charged cars that use Ecoboost technology such as the Fusion. The Detroit News writes: Ford has said for years — ever since the launch of its EcoBoost 3.5-liter V6 in 2009 — that it planned by 2013 to make 90 percent of its North American lineup available with EcoBoost, which is a marriage of turbocharging, direct-injection and twin independent variable camshaft timing. The plan is taking full effect this year, particularly with high-volume vehicles like Fusion and Escape....

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How to Use Jumper Cables

Need a jump? Seems like a basic thing to do for your car, but you'd be surprised how many people can't use jumper cables properly. ● Find a car to serve as the boosting car. ● Park the two cars -- the dead car and the boosting car -- close to one another, making sure that they're not touching each other. ● Make sure both cars' engines are turned off, and both cars are in park. ● Clamp the red jumper cable (i.e. the positive cable) to the dead car's positive battery terminal, which is marked with a "+." Make sure that the clamp is firmly connected to the battery. ● Clamp the other end of the red jumper cable to the booster car's positive...

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Ford Sync Gets New Money Saving App

Ford as well as BMW have released a couple of new apps, but it's the one from Ford that really takes the cake. It's a new app called Roximity and it's designed to quickly and efficiently save you more money while on the go. The new app lets you select from several categories of interests such as Bars or Groceries, and then it shows you the current specials at the shown places, as well as how to get there! Motortrend did a report on this new technology and featured the following article: Ford’s application is called Roximity, and is the creation of Danny Newman, Austin Gayer, and Joe Mease. The three submitted Roximity in last year’s...

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