Ford has released an SDK for its cars.

Ford invites mobile application developers and all car owners to hack their cars. Especially for this purpose, an open platform OpenXC has been created , which provides access to Ford’s internal sensors via the standard OBD-II interface.

Ford has released an Arduino-compatible microcontroller that connects to the OBD-II port (the so-called CAN translator), and a Java library that runs on almost any Android device.
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Thanks to the open SDK, Ford cars become part of the Arduino radio designer. You can add buttons, knobs, indicators, additional displays and control panels to cars - just enough imagination.



Parts list and instructions for assembling a CAN translator

List of supported cars:

2011 - 2013 Focus (conventional and electric)
2011 - 2012 Fusion (regular and hybrid)
2011 - 2012 Fiesta
2012 Mustang
2011 Figo
2009 F-150
2011 - 2012 E350
2008 S-MAX

List of supposedly supported cars (not yet tested)

2006 - 2010, 2013 Fusion
2010, 2011, 2013 Mustang
2011 - 2013 Explorer
2010 - 2013 F-150
2009 - 2013 Flex
2007 - 2013 Edge
2006 - 2013 Lincoln MKZ
2009 - 2013 Lincoln MKT
2011 - 2013 Lincoln MKX

For a list of specific OpenXC commands supported by each of the cars, see the table . The list is updated as testing.

As an example of one of the possible improvised gadgets, Ford provides a simple, solar-powered Bluetooth HUD that mounts onto the windshield and shows fuel consumption, see components and assembly instructions .