Ford opens East London office to develop mobility solutions for Europe
Ford is to open a Smart Mobility Innovation Office in East London that will develop future mobility solutions specifically for Europe.
The new office is located within the Here East technology hub in Stratford.
Located within the Here East technology hub on the former Olympic Games site in Stratford, the office will open later this year and is based close to the carmaker’s existing trials in London including the plug-in hybrid Transit fleet project that also launches this year. Ford add that the Olympic Park’s private road network may also be utilised for testing in the future.
“The location at Here East will allow us greater collaboration and the out-of-the-box thinking needed to tackle the urban transport challenges of tomorrow,” said Steven Armstrong, Ford’s group vice president and president of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The new site joins Ford’s existing Smart Mobility offices in Dearborn and Palo Alto in the US.
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