Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center

Reuters

Published Jan 22, 2015 02:21PM ET

Updated Jan 23, 2015 10:11PM ET

Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center

(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co opened a new Silicon Valley research center in Palo Alto to speed up technology development and experiments in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles and big data, the company said on Thursday.

Dragos Maciuca, an engineer formerly with Apple Inc, will head the facility, Ford said.