Ford Motor Company will announce a next step in the company’s Smart Mobility plan at Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona.
Ford will make the announcement at a press conference at Fira Gran Via, Hall 3, stand #C20 at 10:00 CET on March 2. This will be hosted by Barb Samardzich, chief operating officer, Ford of Europe; Ken Washington, vice president, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering; and Don Butler, executive director, Global Product Development.
Butler and Erica Klampfl, future mobility manager, Ford Research & Advanced Engineering, also will on March 4 host a panel discussion on the subject of mobility, attended by industry experts including IBM and Goal.com
Earlier this year Ford announced Ford Smart Mobility, a plan designed to help change the way the world moves by solving today’s growing global transportation challenges; and to take the company to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and big data. Ford has already announced an extensive range of experiments worldwide, each designed to anticipate what customers will want and need in tomorrow’s transportation ecosystem.
Ford Mobile World Congress media materials can be accessed at 10:00 CET on March 2 from http://mwc2015.fordpresskits.com.
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 187,000 employees and 62 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford and its products worldwide, please visit www.corporate.ford.com.
is responsible for producing, selling and servicing Ford brand vehicles in 50 individual markets and employs approximately 47,000 employees at its wholly owned facilities and approximately 66,000 people when joint ventures and unconsolidated businesses are included. In addition to Ford Motor Credit Company, Ford Europe operations include Ford Customer Service Division and 23 manufacturing facilities (12 wholly owned or consolidated joint venture facilities and 11 unconsolidated joint venture facilities). The first Ford cars were shipped to Europe in 1903 – the same year Ford Motor Company was founded. European production started in 1911.
