Carmakers must respect drivers who are leery of new tech features: Bill Ford


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014

ACCOMMODATE THE LUDDITES: Ford Motor Co executive chairman Bill Ford said new technologies that allow cars to talk to each other and drive themselves may scare some people, so the industry will need to allow consumers to opt out of such features. — Reuters

DETROIT: Ford Motor Co executive chairman Bill Ford said new technologies that allow cars to talk to each other and drive themselves may scare some people, so the industry will need to allow consumers to opt out of such features. 

"A lot of this really cool technology ... kind of freaks some people out," he said on Monday at an "intelligent transportation" conference here. 

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