Hoovey689

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Ford to open new Silicon Valley research lab

Ford has announced that it will set up a new research facility in Palo Alto, California. While the manufacturer has similar labs in locations from Germany to China and Israel, the new location will be the first on the West Coast. Specifically, engineers and designers will focus on independent technology projects as well as finding new research directions and potential partners. While Ford is currently recruiting some staff locally, others are expected to be pulled from the company's global workforce. Something tells us the company will have no trouble finding volunteers to move from Dearborn to Palo Alto.

TJ Giuli is one of those volunteers. The Ford researcher is a Stanford alumnus who's going back to California to help lead the lab's establishment. According to Giuli, the research community in the area is excited to have Ford in the neighborhood.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/27/f...-research-lab/

Hoovey689

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Very cool. Local to me too!!

jwong77

Welcome to the neighborhood!

jadu

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with all the SW/FW in these new fords, about time... maybe i should apply lol