Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Ford Motor Company is reorganizing its Asia Pacific operations. As part of those actions, which include hiring a new President and CEO (Anning Chen) for Ford China, Ford China is elevated to a stand-alone business unit reporting to Ford global headquarters. —Ford President and CEO Jim Hackett.

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Teslarati

MAY 3, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently supported Ford, a supposed rival, by complimenting the all-electric F-150 Lightning and the legacy automaker’s electric vehicle (EV) strategy. Musk’s support highlights Tesla’s ultimate goal for the auto industry. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 3, 2023 Ford announced a new $1.5-$2

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2023

Ford has announced yet another investment in EV production, which will be critical if the automaker hopes to achieve its ambitious production targets. Undeterred, Ford announced that it remains on track to deliver on its EV production goals , including an annual run rate of 600,000 EVs this year and a run rate of 2 million by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 22, 2017

It's all the buzz of the auto industry this morning: Ford has fired its CEO Mark Fields and will replace him with Jim Hackett, former CEO of Michigan furniture maker Steelcase. Hackett presently oversees the Ford unit working on autonomous vehicles.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Elon Musk’s second consecutive Person of the Year Award was granted by the FT in no small part due to Tesla’s accomplishments in the auto sector. Lutz then added a rather interesting detail related to Tesla’s competition from Das Auto. Unfortunately for GM, however, the company did not follow through.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 1, 2023

Is the Ford Mustang Mach-E the Best Thing To Happen to the EV Industry? Making EVs cool The Ford Mustang Mach-E is an all-electric version of one of the world’s most iconic motor vehicles. For generations, people have swooned over the big burly muscle power of the Ford Mustang.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Ford made several leaps forward in its push toward electric vehicles today. Ford CEO Jim Farley stated that the automaker has now doubled its electric vehicle production goals to 600,000 units by 2023. Ford also signed a non-binding contract with GlobalFoundries, a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor chip manufacturing.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ford is moving quickly to solidify its position in the rapidly evolving auto industry. The company announced Monday it has broken ground at its BlueOval battery plant as part of its joint venture agreement with SK Innovation.

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2022

Ford announced on Wednesday that it will begin making electric vehicles based on a next-generation architecture in Spain later this decade. Ford believes the Valencia, Spain plant is the ideal location for making cars with a next-generation EV architecture and plans to produce the vehicles later this decade.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In a pre-Christmas media event, Ford president and CEO Mark Fields said while 2014 was a good year for the company, 2015 has the potential to be a “ breakthrough year ”. In moving forward on that, Fields said, Ford will focus on five key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 11, 2023

Ford mentioned the project was once being shaped “to better grasp the development trend of electrification and intelligence in the auto industry.” Gross sales of Ford with Changan fell 12.6 % within the first part mode the year-ago length, China Affiliation of Car Producers knowledge confirmed.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2014

Ford announced that its new 2015 F-150 ( earlier post ) 2015 Ford F-150 features more than 100 new Ford patents and/or patent applications, making this vehicle a benchmark for new technologies in Ford’s history, and its most patented truck. Ford is first in the auto industry to use this methodology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Ford and the University of Michigan opened a new $8-million battery lab, housed at the U-M Energy Institute, which will serve as a battery manufacturing facility designed to support pilot projects. Ford, the only automaker to invest in the facility, contributed $2.1 —Ted Miller, Ford’s manager of battery research.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 6, 2023

Ford Motor Co. The go comes 9 months next Ford warned Wall Boulevard about surging portions prices and put its CFO in command of provide chain efforts on an intervening time foundation past it looked for any person to remove at the newly created position. Robinson nearest day. Door’s appointment takes impact June 12. .

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

and a direct competitor of the Rivian R1T, Ford F-150 Lightning and Tesla Cybertruck. The high car demand has emphasized the need to adopt EVs and clean up auto industry emissions. The post What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target? aims to achieve net-zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis. The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

USCAR is the collaborative automotive technology company for Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis. The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts from end-of-life vehicles into graphene via the university’s flash Joule heating process ( earlier post ). Ford sent us 10 pounds of mixed plastic waste from a vehicle shredding facility. That’s with only 0.1% —James Tour.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM feet) of torque.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

According to a new report, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is threatening to escalate strikes to include even more plants if negotiations with Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis don’t progress this week. Ford CEO Jim Farley warns UAW proposal could force bankruptcy What are your thoughts? states, representing 12.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Ford plans to survey 35 top global suppliers on their energy use and estimated greenhouse gas emissions as part of a broader effort to reduce carbon emissions within the auto industry. Tony Brown, Ford group vice president, Global Purchasing. Ford is the only automaker participating in both initiatives.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Our industry is committed to being part of the solution when it comes to decarbonizing road transport, while at the same time reducing pollutant emissions. The latest generation of diesel vehicles is a very effective lever to achieve climate goals in the near future, because they emit 15-20% less CO 2 than equivalent petrol vehicles.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The recent statements came as part of the ACEA’s recommendations to several EU institutions as to how to manage the five years running from 2024 to 2029, after Europe holds its Parliament election. automaker announced in September that it had delivered over one million vehicles across the continent.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ford wasn’t the first to announce its allegiance to the Tesla port; that nod goes to California firm Aptera , which confirmed in November 2022 its three-wheeler would include only NACS. But Ford’s commitment was, for the auto industry, the turning point. But the tide turned on May 25, 2023.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Progress Energy are working together to help prepare the Research Triangle area of North Carolina for the operation of electric vehicles. Progress Energy is developing a charging station pilot program as part of a $200 million smart grid grant it received from the US Department of Energy.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 23, 2023

UAW-represented workers walked off the job at the Sterling Heights, Michigan plant on Monday, with the UAW saying that Stellantis had the “worst proposal” on the table compared to fellow “Big Three” automakers General Motors (GM) and Ford (via Reuters ). Additional layoffs have faced adjacent auto parts suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

USCAR is the collaborative technology company of Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. The goal of USCAR is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2020

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC ( USABC ), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $919,000 contract to Physical Sciences Inc. PSI) for an active material coating technology assessment.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Some of Tesla’s important accomplishments in 2023 included the launch of the highly anticipated Cybertruck and the redesigned Model 3 “Highland,” as well as the widespread adoption of the automaker’s charging hardware across the North American auto industry.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2021

The Ford F-150 Electric, arguably the most formidable rival to upcoming vehicles like the Tesla Cybertruck and the Rivian R1T, has practically secured its battery supply. With this in mind, SK could finish constructing its US facilities, such as a plant in Commerce, GA, which would be providing batteries to Ford and Volkswagen. .

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Teslarati

MAY 3, 2022

billion at two of its Canadian vehicle production plants as part of a dedicated EV and software push. Part of the funds for the initiative would be coming from the Canadian and Ontario governments, which are looking to invest $410.7 Stellantis will be spending $2.8 million and $398 million, respectively. .

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

From the outside, there is little to tell a basic Ford XL ICE. F-150 from the electric Ford PRO F-150 Lightning. The Lightning’s software suite may even be larger than its ICE counterpart (Ford will not confirm this). Ford CEO Jim Farley. Exterior changes could pass for a typical model-year refresh.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

Ford, for example, recently cut 3,000 highly-paid salaried and contract workers as a down payment to help fund the transition to EVs. Ford CEO Jim Farley has said , employee cuts are necessary as Ford has “too many places in some places, no doubt about it. Ford is not alone.

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Teslarati

MARCH 5, 2024

The EV maker reportedly said that the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), the main auto industry lobby group in Australia, is actually attempting to increase emissions by 2030, instead of reducing them, by using a variety of falsehoods to mislead the public.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

In these early Rivian vehicles produced from June 10, 2021, to October 31st, 2022, in extreme heat, the certain accelerator pedal part would be activated to slowly move the vehicle forward much like an idling ICE vehicle. Rivian then spent time isolating the issue with its fleet of vehicles and was able to identify the problematic part.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Retreating behind tariff walls or outright bans will further isolate America’s auto industry into a Galapagos market of ridiculous trucks sold at nosebleed prices.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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