The new Hyundai Elantra will be among the very first mainstream, affordable, family vehicles to offer wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Details here.
Ford is facing many other delays, shutdowns and interruptions due to the Corona Virus fall out. Plants have closed, and stock dividends are suspended, but as of now, vehicle development is not impacted.
As the coronavirus crisis spreads and deepens Ford has taken actions to protect its personnel. The manufacturer has shuttered its Michigan Assembly Plant -- and others -- so they can be cleaned and disinfected for their reopening at the end of the month.
All building sites are potentially rich sources of industrial or social history, and none more so, than the 300Ha forest site at Grünheide that will soon be home to Tesla’s Giga Berlin.