Ford puts the brakes on water use with 8.5 per cent cut

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Monitoring progammes and new technology have helped the company cut overall water use by 62 per cent since 2000

Ford slashed the amount of water it uses to make each vehicle by 8.5 per cent last year, moving the car maker more than halfway towards its target of using just four cubic metres per vehicle globally by...

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