Tom Henderson
- Is Ford Motor Co. going to become a bicycle manufacturer?Maybe, said Bill Coughlin, president and CEO of Ford Global Technologies LLC.The company is testing that idea with the help of a Royal Oak-based tech company. Ford Global unveiled two prototypes of electric bicycles at the Mobile World Congress in March. One, called the MoDe:Me, was built by Los Angeles-based Dahon, the world's largest maker of folding bikes. Both electric bikes were embedded with sensors and software designed by Tome Inc.
Tom Henderson
- Is Ford Motor Co. going to become a bicycle manufacturer?Maybe, said Bill Coughlin, president and CEO of Ford Global Technologies LLC.The company is testing that idea with the help of a Royal Oak-based tech company. Ford Global unveiled two prototypes of electric bicycles at the Mobile World Congress in March. One, called the MoDe:Me, was built by Los Angeles-based Dahon, the world's largest maker of folding bikes. Both electric bikes were embedded with sensors and software designed by Tome Inc.