At a recent press conference, Ford Lio Ho made its public the new alliance formed between the company and BenQ Corp. (a leading computer-peripheral and consumer-electronics maker in Taiwan), and its affiliate AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) (Taiwan’s No. 1 TFT-LCD panel supplier), for its local auto-parts supply chain.
At the conference, the locally made new Tierra Xt compact sedan was presented which featured the new in-car multimedia entertainment system developed by BenQ, and a monitor using a TFT-LCD panel supplied by AUO. The system is the first to integrate an LCD monitor, USB port, SD memory-card slot, Bluetooth capability, and on-screen (3.5-inch) phonebook, in addition to a normal stereo system. It is also compatible with Apple’s iPod portable multimedia players (via a special adapter cable) to enable users to view pictures and listen to music files.
If the new system continues to win Ford Lio Ho’s approval then it could take BenQ to develop systems for Ford’s global parts supply chain, as confirmed by Ford Lio Ho.
