Tag: ford

December 12, 2023

Ford Motor Co. is cutting 2024 production goals in half for its F-150 Lightning plug-in pickup truck — its signature electric vehicle — due to slowing demand for battery-powered models. The automaker now intends to build 1,600 of the trucks […]

October 16, 2023

Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford on Oct. 16 called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future. In a rare speech coming […]

August 1, 2023

Ford Motor Co. restarted production of the F-150 electric Lightning pickup truck as price cuts stoke higher demand from buyers. Customers have had to wait on orders as Ford restocked vehicles after battery issues halted production at the plant this […]

July 17, 2023

One of the best electric pickup trucks in the market and its category, the Ford F-150 Lightning EV, is seeing a significant price drop, with as much as $9,799, depending on the variant. The Dearborn-based automaker announced that these new […]

February 13, 2023

Ford announced today it will invest $3.5 billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Michigan, which will add a second battery technology to Ford’s electric vehicle (EV) lineup. The plant – dubbed BlueOval […]

January 24, 2023

Ford Motor Co. is in talks with Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. over the sale of a manufacturing plant in Germany, according to people familiar with the discussions. Officials from Ford‘s management in Germany are planning to travel to China […]

January 6, 2023

U.S. electric-vehicle sales leapt by two-thirds in 2022 while the broader auto market contracted, newly released year-end figures show, as fresh plug-in models from traditional auto makers whittled away at EV juggernaut Tesla Inc.’s lead. Auto makers sold 807,180 fully […]

December 15, 2022

Ford Motor Co. and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. are considering building a battery manufacturing plant in Michigan in a complex arrangement designed to reap new tax benefits without running afoul of U.S.-China political sensitivities. The state has emerged […]

May 9, 2022

Ford F -5.22%▼ Motor Co. has sold off about 8% of its stockholdings in Rivian RIVN -18.70%▼ Automotive Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, pushing shares of the electric-vehicle startup to an all-time low. Rivian stock has come […]

March 2, 2022

Ford Motor Co. will separate its fast-growing electric vehicle operations from its legacy combustion engine business in a historic reorganization of the 118-year-old company. The new Ford Model e-unit will scale up the automaker’s EV offerings and develop software and […]

February 10, 2022

The Canadian border city of Windsor, Ontario, said Thursday it would seek a court order to remove demonstrators who have blocked most traffic along a crucial U.S.-Canada trade corridor for four days. Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said at a press […]

January 5, 2022

In response to consumer demand Ford is upping its production of the F-150 Lightning, the all-electric pickup it rolled out to great fanfare a few months ago. Yes! Ride the lightning. We dug it then. We dig this now. Here’s […]

November 29, 2021

EV start-up Lucid, which delivered its first vehicle on October 30th, has a market cap bigger than Ford’s and is now the eighth most valuable car company in the world. Tesla, Rivian and Lucid are valued at a completely different […]

September 10, 2021

Ford Motor Co. ’s decision to stop making cars in India deals a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s domestic manufacturing drive while highlighting the difficulty foreign auto makers have gaining a foothold in the market. On Thursday, Ford said […]

July 23, 2021

The auto industry’s push into electric vehicles has gained traction this year with sales of these models growing at a faster clip than the broader U.S. car business. While still a sliver of the overall market, sales of plug-in vehicles […]

June 8, 2021

Ford has vast experience with designing hard-working pickup trucks. But designing a pickup truck to do that work using purely electric power stored in its battery pack and driving through electric motors presented new challenges for the team working on […]

May 26, 2021

Ford Motor Co. plans to boost spending on electric-vehicle development by billions of dollars beyond previous plans and expects 40% of its global sales to be fully electric by 2030, as Chief Executive Jim Farley bets bigger on plug-in cars. […]

May 17, 2021

President Joe Biden’s planned visit May 18 to the Dearborn, Mich., Ford Motor Co. Rouge Electric Vehicle Center that will build an electric version of the F-150 pickup will showcase what experts say is a powerfully symbolic example of a […]

May 13, 2021

DETROIT – Ford Motor said Thursday it has launched the technology to make significant remote upgrades to its cars and trucks, and it plans to roll it out to 33 million vehicles by 2028. The new technology would create a […]

April 26, 2021

The fruits of Ford’s commitment to additive innovation shine bright when looking at the results of a project it co-funded with ExOne. The goal of the collaboration was to bring together a team of engineers, material scientists and manufacturing experts […]