DEARBORN MI – Retired Ford CEO Alan Mulally has brought his automotive expertise to the board of Google, whose marching orders and early assignments have been to direct implementation of not only electric vehicles but autonomous hands-free production. After 8 years retrenching Ford and Lincoln brands plus output of aluminum F-150 truck bodies, Mulally has relocated to the West Coast and successor Mark Fields has been named Ford’s top executive next to Chairman Bill Ford amid struggles and recalls at Ford Motor Co.’s rivals.
Mulally’s reign of eight years at Ford has afforded him 1 million dollars in Google stock, $350,000 a year in equity salary and a $75,000 cash retainer. Ex-Boeing chief Mulally signed on with a pledge to build at least 100 “fully autonomous” cars a year.