Ford wants to wire cities to ease congestion


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 10 Jan 2018

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 09: Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Jim Hackett delivers a keynote address at CES 2018 at The Venetian Las Vegas on January 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 12 and features about 3,900 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 170,000 attendees. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

LAS VEGAS: Ford Motor Co plans to offer cities networks and technology to smooth the flow of goods and people as ride hailing and automated delivery services are making congestion worse, the US automaker's top executives said on Jan 9. 

In addresses at the CES technology show here, chief executive Jim Hackett and Marcy Klevorn, executive vice-president for mobility, said Ford wants to build a "transportation mobility cloud" and technology that would allow cities, fleet operators and others to use a shared platform to manage vehicles and connect people to different types of transportation. 

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