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Ford

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124 articles decelerating

Ford has appeared in 124 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Argo AI, Google, Apple, Tesla.

Articles
124
mentions
Velocity
-75.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.750
velocity change
Sources
35
publications

Coverage Timeline

2022-03-03
The Verge 2 related

Berlin-based Tier Mobility acquires Spin, Ford's e-scooter unit, in an all-stock deal, for an undisclosed price; Ford acquired Spin in November 2018 for $100M

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :

2019-07-31
VentureBeat 1 related

Ford acquires Quantum Signal, a developer of virtual testing environments for unmanned remote and autonomous systems, to boost its self-driving car effort

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :

2019-01-11
Crunchbase News 7 related

Ford is shutting down Chariot, the startup it acquired in 2016 that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and in London

Chariot, the Ford-owned transportation startup that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and internationally in London, is shutting down.

2018-11-08
TechCrunch 12 related

Source says Ford is buying electric scooter startup Spin and “the total consideration in the deal was close to $100M”

Ford is buying electric scooter startup Spin, Axios reports.  The deal, according to a source close to the matter, “the total consideration in the deal was close to $100m.”

2017-10-04
TechCrunch 9 related

Amazon has acquired 3D body model startup, Body Labs, for $50M-$70M

Ford CEO's Good Old-Fashioned Strategic Plan PYMNTS.com : Amazon Wants To Go 3D With Body Labs Acquisition Eugene Kim / CNBC : Amazon spent at least $50 million to buy 3D body scanning start-up Body L...

2017-04-02
Wall Street Journal 9 related

Ford hiring 400 engineers from BlackBerry to double its mobile-connectivity team and will invest $375M into a new R&D center in Ottawa

Wall Street Journal :

2016-09-11
The Verge 20 related

Ford buys shuttle startup Chariot, which operates 28 crowdsourced transit routes in the Bay Area, partners with Motivate to create bike-sharing program in SF

Ford, purveyors of Built Ford Tough Ford trucks, announced today it was doing more things designed to appeal to people …

2016-09-10
The Verge 18 related

Ford buys shuttle startup Chariot, which operates 28 crowdsourced transit routes in the Bay Area, partners with Motivate to create bike-sharing program in SF

Ford, purveyors of Built Ford Tough Ford trucks, announced today it was doing more things designed to appeal to people …

2016-05-05
TechCrunch 10 related

Pivotal scores $253 million Series C led by Ford on hefty $2.8 billion valuation

Pivotal has a couple of new friends with big wallets.  Today it announced that Ford and Microsoft were joining EMC, VMware and GE as investment partners on a massive $253 million Series C investment w...

2015-05-24
BuzzFeed 2 related

Fontinalis Partners, co-founded by Ford executive chairman William Clay Ford Jr., invests in Lyft's Series E

Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 99 Techmeme articles mentioning Ford, dating back to January 2015. The biggest stories include Sources: Google and Ford will create a joint venture to build self-driving vehicles and Ford replaces Mark Fields as CEO with Jim Hackett, head of its autonomous vehicle unit. Frequently covered alongside Argo AI, TechCrunch, Google, Kirsten Korosec, and Tesla.

Key Moments

2024Q4research -100pts; funding +100pts; competition +100pts
2025Q1enterprise +50pts; funding -100pts; competition -100pts
2025Q4enterprise +50pts; regulation -25pts

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