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The #FarmToCar mission is simple: replace petroleum-based plastics with plant-based materials.https://t.co/ETS8NqtqxL

— Ford Drive Green (@FordDriveGreen) May 10, 2016

Are you friends with a soybean farmer in the North Platte area? Their beans could end up in your next Ford vehicle!

Since 2007, Ford has been manufacturing new vehicles in North America with soy-based foam from beans grown in the U.S. Soy is a more stable source of raw materials than petroleum oil, and it cuts down on carbon emissions, too.

Ford has been working to add to the number of regionally-grown agricultural

Self-driving cars would be cool, but there's no way they could function in northern climates. They need to see lane marking on the road. Severe weather would interfere with their sensors.

That's been a leading criticism against the viability of self-driving cars. But is it true?

Ford silenced a slew of critics this year with the first publicly demonstrated test of autonomy in snow -- or "snowtonomy" as they call it.

They're engineers, not wordsmiths.

The autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicle has redundant sensors that are constantly monitored for impaired performance caused by snow

Tune in at 10:30am ET to see President & CEO Mark Fields LIVE from #CES2016: https://t.co/N1dU5nxhsF #FordCES pic.twitter.com/mkJjFrGjuU

— Ford Motor Company (@Ford) January 5, 2016

Thirteen new electric models in four years.

That's what Ford President & CEO Mark Fields promised earlier this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

A $4.5 billion investment in electric vehicles is just the beginning of the big announcements the company has to make. Programmers are working to integrate the new SYNC 3 (which will soon replace Sync with MyFord Touch in new vehicles) with…