With Ford Motors having added GPS tracking to its 911 Assist system only two days back, the company has now announced its plans to add Google Maps to the in-vehicle Ford Sync communications systems that have been installed in some of the vehicles of the Ford and Lincoln Mercury brands.

The addition of the latest Google Maps update – called “Send to Sync” - will allow the drivers of the mentioned vehicles send Google Maps destinations to their cars, by making use of the already-installed cloud-based in-car app known as ‘Sync Traffic, Directions, and Information’ – which was jointly developed by Ford and Microsoft.

The new ‘Send to Sync’ feature will work over Bluetooth, sans the requirement of any telematics subscription.

Revealing that ‘Send to Sync’ will likely be available on all 2010 and 2011 Sync-equipped models by July 1, Doug VanDagens, director of Ford Connected Services Solutions Organization, said: “With Send to Sync, you can map a destination at home, at work - wherever you have connectivity - and when you get to your car, it already knows where you want to go.”

Further terming the printing of paper directions from a Web site as “a relic” in the digital age, VanDagens said that the ‘Send to Sync’ feature is “convenient” as it helps eliminate the waste and distraction of paper maps; thereby contributing to the conservation of resources while allowing drivers to keep their eyes on the road.