The Truth About Cars
MAY 5, 2023
Ford Motor Company is tweaking plans in China and seeking to turn around financial losses after five years of lackluster sales within the region. CEO Jim Farley has reportedly returned from Asia to finalize those plans, which were reiterated during a press call about Ford’s first-quarter earnings held earlier in the week.
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JULY 12, 2019
Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. Volkswagen is joining Ford in investing in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle technology platform company. Earlier post.).
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JANUARY 27, 2016
The IBM board of directors elected Mark Fields, president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company, to the board effective 1 March 1, 2016. He is leading Ford into a future where cars are not only vehicles, but increasingly becoming mobile technology platforms. Fields joined Ford in 1989.
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JUNE 27, 2016
million LCVs and passenger car units were sold across all segments globally in Q1 2016—a 2.8% The popularity of SUVs in China has been an ongoing source of growth, and the trend continued last quarter, with the country accounting for 36% of total sales in Q1 2016. in Q1 2016. JATO Dynamics reports that 20.44
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NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Ford is working with California-based Ekso Bionics to test the use of exoskeleton technology for Ford assembly workers. Some Ford assembly line workers lift their arms during overhead work tasks some 4,600 times per day, or about 1 million times per year. incidents per 100 full-time North American employees.
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MAY 25, 2017
On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced the immediate replacement of Mark Fields as CEO by Jim Hackett, who had led Ford Smart Mobility LLC since March 2016. Ford also announced changes in roles for three top executives: Jim Farley (Global Markets), Joe Hinrichs (Global Operations) and Marcy Klevorn (Mobility).
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JUNE 3, 2015
Toyota Motor Corporation has reached an agreement with Ford Motor Company to explore collaboration with Livio, a Ford subsidiary acquired in 2013 ( earlier post ), for the implementation of SmartDeviceLink (SDL) technology in future Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Ford SYNC 3. The announcement builds on that earlier collaboration.
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