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Ford to open Silicon Valley lab

Ford to open Silicon Valley lab to scout out new car technology

By Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Auto Writer | Associated Press – Fri, Jan 6, 2012 12:02 AM EST

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10 comments

  • Rich
    Rich  •  4 months ago
    I would like a car that lets me sleep on the way to work and wakes me up when I'm just about there that gets 100 miles to a gallon. Please design this I have to commute. Thanks.
    • Auto Inspector
      Auto Inspector 4 months ago
      You are not talking to ford, are you? You may just as well address your concern to the Higher Power.
    • xtra
      xtra 4 months ago
      shoulda ask for the car that did all the work...!!!!!!!
    • Whatsamatter Yoo
      Whatsamatter Yoo 4 months ago
      you don't need a car..you need a bus pass!
  • myopinion
    myopinion  •  Anchorage, Alaska  •  4 months ago
    Silicon Valley is the "think tank" of the world. so.....come on all you brilliant people. Put your thinking caps on and dream away the world's problems. There's no doubt in my mind that you absolutely brilliant geniuses can't solve any problem you set your mind to. I'm thanking you in advance. We appreciate all that you do. From the panhandle of Alaska......"well done!"
    • Whatsamatter Yoo
      Whatsamatter Yoo 4 months ago
      Correction: Silicon Valley is more like "Build a Better Mousetrap" Valley
    • myopinion
      myopinion 4 months ago
      No correction needed.I was raised "just over the hill" from there. Stanford turns out many of the most brilliant....re: Facebook and the brilliant minds at Stanford Medical Center, Apple and West Marine as well as Bill Lee Yachts (just over the other hill in Santa Cruz). Everyone should visit there at least once......but just keep on moseying along. It's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there........
  • Ronfellow
    Ronfellow  •  Fremont, California  •  4 months ago
    20th century is the century of mibility. 21th century is the century of connectivity.
    • Whatsamatter Yoo
      Whatsamatter Yoo 4 months ago
      no matter what century it is there will always be a need for a free market society to be mobile...connected or not....goods dont move themselves..and people don't stay in one place for too long until they get older and less tolerant of moving..
  • JamesD
    JamesD  •  San Diego, California  •  4 months ago
    we don't need any more bells and whistles, FORD! maybe you can focus more on higher gas mileage, and overall lower cost of ownership? that is what people want, because we have plenty of apps....
    • Whatsamatter Yoo
      Whatsamatter Yoo 4 months ago
      Amen!
    • mc
      mc 4 months ago
      I don't want extra electronics all over my car. They should be optional accessories to a reliable vehicle. James is right, make it cheap and sturdy (remember the Model T?), then let the buyer order the bells & whistles.
  • xtra
    xtra  •  4 months ago
    and when miniture fusion smelters from home depo let you manufacture every component composite part that ford sells from the common dirt in your yard...............it wont come from silicon valley....
  • Lemonprotection.com
    Lemonprotection.com  •  4 months ago
    Ford putting people to work is good, the number is small but I pray for it to become bigger, the change is now moving in. God bless America.
  • Hugo Freire
    Hugo Freire  •  4 months ago
    FORD SUCKS. They need to buid a transmission that wont fail at 66,000 miles.
  • Ted
    Ted  •  Choctaw, Oklahoma  •  4 months ago
    Stupid Ford......who in hell opens up a new business here on the U.S. soil that does not sell Hamburgers.or Rent to Own TVs....Get with it Ford and open that new Lab in China where new U.S. business belongs!
  • Auto Inspector
    Auto Inspector  •  Minneapolis, Minnesota  •  4 months ago
    What a dumb ford-like idea - incorporate a technology that will be obsolete in a few months into something that is supposed to last for decades. Oh, wait! Ford does not expect its masterpieces to last beyond bluetooth 2.0 lifespan.
  • Hugo Freire
    Hugo Freire  •  St Petersburg, Florida  •  4 months ago
    FORD SUCKS. They need to build a transmission that wont fail at 66,000 miles.
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