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09-09-2016, 10:31 PM
Ford looks beyond cars with purchase of shuttle service Chariot
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Ford isn't just a car company anymore.*
The automaker on Friday an**unced (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2016/09/09/ford-partnering-with-global-cities-on-new-transportation--chario.html) it was buying Chariot, the crowd-sourced shuttle service based in San Francisco.*
“We’re expanding our business to be both an auto and a mobility company, and partnering with cities on current and future transportation needs is the next major step,” Ford CEO Mark Fields said in a statement. “For more than 100 years, Ford has been part of the community and the trusted source for automotive transportation. **w, we want to work with communities to offer even more transportation choices and solutions for people.”
The companies didn't disclose how much Ford paid for Chariot.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/09/ford-chariot-smart-mobility/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Ford isn't just a car company anymore.*
The automaker on Friday an**unced (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2016/09/09/ford-partnering-with-global-cities-on-new-transportation--chario.html) it was buying Chariot, the crowd-sourced shuttle service based in San Francisco.*
“We’re expanding our business to be both an auto and a mobility company, and partnering with cities on current and future transportation needs is the next major step,” Ford CEO Mark Fields said in a statement. “For more than 100 years, Ford has been part of the community and the trusted source for automotive transportation. **w, we want to work with communities to offer even more transportation choices and solutions for people.”
The companies didn't disclose how much Ford paid for Chariot.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/09/ford-chariot-smart-mobility/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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