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Why Ford left the Ford name out of company formed for Detroit train station project

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Chad Livengood
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Crain's Detroit Business
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February 04, 2022 11:22 AM

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is creating a new subsidiary to market and manage its mobility tech hub in downtown Detroit to make the innovation district Ford "agnostic," a company executive told Crain's Detroit Business, an affilaite of Automotive News.

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