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CHM Revolutionaries: Driving Innovation- Detroit Comes to Silicon Valley with Bill Ford

1,188 views · Published 19 December 2012 · 53:14 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: Computer History Museum · 2012 · Science & Technology

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This is an episode of REVOLUTIONARIES, a co-production of the Computer History Museum and KQED television, with major sponsorship by Intel. Recorded: June 18th, 2012, to be broadcast on January 21, 2013
 
Bill Ford, executive chairman, has been an outspoken advocate of Ford's embrace of new technology for both sustainability and mobility. Ford, the great-grandson of the legendary Henry Ford, has focused much of Ford's strategy on building smarter, connected and technology-centric automobiles that use real-time computing for everything from engine control to network communications.

In February, he was the first global auto executive to deliver a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where he described his vision of the modern automobile as a "mobile platform." Ford sees a world where the car of the future moves through a globally connected communications and transportation grid. He warned of an alternative future of "global gridlock" and also expanded on his view of automobiles made more sustainable through technology.

Bill Ford's vision has been at work for years. For nearly a decade, Ford has been working with technology companies like Microsoft, co-developer of the advanced in-car communication system Ford SYNC, and the MyFord Touch interface. With the promise of vehicle-to-vehicle communications, crowdsourcing and cloud-connected cars, Ford seeks to inaugurate a new age of ubiquitous connectivity. When the car becomes a platform for software developers, what might the future hold?

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