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Ford Motors Research and Development Expenses

April 15, 2018 by Abhijeet Pratap

Research and Development Expenses of Ford Motors

Ford Motors undertakes Research and Development for development of new products and models as well as to improve the performance, safety and customer satisfaction of its existing products. In 2016 and 2017, its research and development expenses totaled 7.3 and 8 billion dollars respectively. The R&D expenses include mainly salaries, materials and associated costs which are reported as a part of Cost of sales. Since the automotive industry has become highly competitive, it is imperative for every brand to invest in R&D to develop more customer and environment friendly products and to cater customer demand  better. The demand for fuel efficient and environment friendly vehicles has grown in this century and that has led to  higher investment in R&D by all the major automotive brands.

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Sources:

This data is sourced from the annual reports of Ford Motors available in its investors website.

https://shareholder.ford.com/investors/financials/annual-reports/default.aspx

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About Abhijeet Pratap

Abhijeet has been blogging on educational topics and business research since 2016. He graduated with a Hons. in English literature from BRABU and an MBA from the Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi. He likes to blog and share his knowledge and research in business management, marketing, literature and other areas with his readers.

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