Ford & Toyota to Collude: Devil's in the details
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Ford & Toyota to Collude: Devil's in the details
Ford Teaming With Toyota on Hybrid Pickup Trucks and SUVs
Pretty smart of Ford if they apply what they learned from Mazda partnership.. otherwise, well... could be just as great as the GM Toyota deal.. what was it? New Motors or something?
The system also would be used in rear-wheel-drive sport utility vehicles, the companies said.
Ford and Toyota also said they will work together to develop standards for the way electronic devices such as smart phones link to cars and trucks. But they would each retain their own touch screens and would have unique systems on their dashboards, he said.
Ford said this is the first time it has worked jointly with Toyota on any project. The company licensed technology from Toyota when it introduced a hybrid system in the Ford Escape SUV in 2004, but now all its hybrids run on technology developed by Ford, Kuzak said.
Ford and Toyota also said they will work together to develop standards for the way electronic devices such as smart phones link to cars and trucks. But they would each retain their own touch screens and would have unique systems on their dashboards, he said.
Ford said this is the first time it has worked jointly with Toyota on any project. The company licensed technology from Toyota when it introduced a hybrid system in the Ford Escape SUV in 2004, but now all its hybrids run on technology developed by Ford, Kuzak said.
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