Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 159,000 employees and about 70 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford, Lincoln and Mercury, production of which has been announced by the company to be ending in the fourth quarter of 2010. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford's products, please visit www.ford.com.
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05-04-11
Twelve Social Change Visionaries Are Honored by the Ford Foundation
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - From Technology to Human Rights to Microfinance, Awardees Receive $100,000 to Advance Their Work
In recognition of its 75th anniversary, the Ford Foundation today announced $100,000 awards to 12 social innovato...
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03-04-11
Ford Motor Company Hits $5 Million Mark in Funds Contributed to Local High Schools
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- Ford Motor Company has contributed more than $5 million to support high school extracurricular activities nationwide through its successful test-drive program of the company's fuel-efficient products
- Since the start of the program, m...
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09-02-10
Ford Uses Innovative Liquid-Cooled Battery System to Help Focus Electric Owners Maximize Range
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- The all-new Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in late 2011 in the U.S. and 2012 in Europe, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery system that utilizes cooled and heated liquid to regulate battery temperature, extend battery life ...
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06-15-10
Blue Oval on a Green Streak: Ford Details Progress on Eco-Initiatives in Latest Sustainability Report
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- 11th annual Ford Sustainability Report shows significant progress on improving fuel economy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and operational sustainability
- Report details Ford's broad-based ...
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04-07-10
Ford Becomes the First Automaker to Join CDP Water Disclosure
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- Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the CDP Water Disclosure program, which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the wo...
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03-31-10
Ford Motor Company Fund Asks Students What Their Heart is Behind for a Chance to Win One of Three Scholarships
/PRNewswire/ - Ford Motor Company Fund is seeking students who are making a positive community impact in its "Heart Behind the Oval" scholarship contest. The contest is now open and accepting essays until April 9, 2010.
Modeled after Ford's own ...
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06-15-09
Ford’s 10th Annual Sustainability Report Details Progress on Blueprint for Sustainability
- 10th annual Ford Sustainability Report shows company on track to reach its product carbon dioxide goal, which calls for a 30 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020
- Report details Ford's accelerated electric vehicle strat...
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09-16-08
Ford and Paige Hemmis, Star of 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Help Local School Take Step Closer to Becoming First LEED-EB Certified School in Oregon
-- Ford Motor Company and Paige Hemmis from ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," accepted more than 35,000 entries in its Educate to Escape green school makeover contest.
-- Ford and Community volunteers, along with students and loca...
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06-26-08
Alternative Energy Curriculum Teaches High School Students About Today's & Tomorrow's Choices
DEARBORN,MI - June 26, 2008 - Engaging and educating young people is one of the many important steps needed to curb energy use in the United States, and this fall, high school teachers will have a new way to teach the subject. Ford Motor Company Fund introduced a new course ...
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06-17-08
Ford Motor Company Issues its 9th Annual Sustainability Report