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Ford to Adopt Microsoft's Hohm Technology for Electric Vehicles

Posted Apr 6th 2010 5:20PM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Microsoft (MSFT), Ford Motor (F)

Ford Motor Company (F), which integrated Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) Sync voice activation technology in many of its passenger cars years ago, is again coming to the world's largest software company for some more cutting-edge innovation. Soon, Ford electric-only cars will use Microsoft's Hohm technology to enable efficient power recharging of the 2011 Ford Focus plug-in hybrid and additional vehicles later.

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Ford and Microsoft Team Up to Make Plug-In Autos a Viable Option

Posted Apr 1st 2010 11:30AM by Gary Sattler (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Competitive Strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Ford Motor (F), Next Big Thing

The announcement came at the 2010 New York auto show that Ford Motor Co. (F) and Microsoft (MSFT) are creating a partnership to exploit the blossoming new world of plug-in electric automobiles. The team is undertaking an effort to assist power utility companies and consumers in dampening the anticipated power demand surges on the electric grid by consumers plugging in their cars for charging.

Consumer Reports indicates that the new partnership plans to employ Microsoft's Hohm software to assist in the efficient charging of plug-in automobiles. This software will use data, including the consumer's driving schedule, the affected power utility's demand cycle and the automobile's charging needs, to calculate and then enable the optimum charging times for a particular vehicle.

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