Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. Ford has invested $7.7 —Bill Ford, executive chair, Ford Motor Company.

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APRIL 22, 2024

companies, including Tesla, Buick, Lincoln, and Ford. Tesla says its standard tech can save police departments over $4,000 “The difference to maintain a car on average between some brands can be thousands over a 10-year time frame,” said Steven Elek, Program Leader for Auto Data Analytics at Consumer Reports.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ford CEO Jim Farley noted during the automaker’s Q4 2023 earnings call that the company has a dedicated “skunkworks” team that has been developing a new electric vehicle platform focused on cost reduction. Clarke’s position in Ford’s EV skunkworks team was initially mentioned in a TechCrunch report.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

Auto parts supplier BorgWarner raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook on Thursday, aided by sustained demand from its exhausts, turbos and emission control systems. The company has benefited from automakers rushing to put out vehicles with smaller engines that are powerful and meet modern emission norms. to USD 4.00. to USD 4.00.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Ford CEO Jim Farley has been named in Newsweek’s 2022 List of Greatest Auto Disruptors, capturing the title of Executive of the Year. Farley took over as Ford’s frontman in late 2020 and has spearheaded the company’s transition to electrification.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 23, 2024

The company did not disclose how many employees were affected by the layoffs or which countries it is shifting roles to. Adient supplies seats to some of Europe’s biggest automakers, including Stellantis, Renault, BMW, Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen , as well as American giants Ford and General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The Coca-Cola Company and Ford Motor Company are collaborating on the first interior fabric made from the same renewable material used to produce Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle Technology packaging. The Ford Fusion Energi research vehicle will be on display later this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Verisk, a leading data analytics provider, announced that Ford Motor Company has joined the Verisk Data Exchange. Owners of eligible Ford and Lincoln vehicles will soon have easy access to usage-based insurance programs from the many US auto insurers that connect to the Exchange—including three of the ten largest US carriers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2023

announced an agreement with Ford Motor Co., All three companies are making equity investments in the Pomalaa Block High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) Project through a definitive agreement. PT Vale Indonesia Tbk and China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

Ford Motor Company has made a $500-million minority equity investment in electric vehicle maker Rivian ( earlier post ). In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, next-generation battery electric vehicle for Ford’s growing EV portfolio using Rivian’s skateboard platform.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2014

Android Auto made its debut at the 2014 Google I/O annual technology conference in San Francisco as the first innovation resulting from the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA)—a coalition of tech companies and auto industry leaders launched in January by Google, NVIDIA, Audi, GM, Honda and Hyundai committed to bringing the Android platform to cars.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

During CES 2024, Amazon showcased a Ford F-150 Lightning with Alexa. It was a great week at CES highlighting our Alexa Built-in integration in the Ford F-150 Lightning at the Amazon Devices exhibit. Alexa Auto is Amazon’s attempt to bring its virtual assistant on the road and inside vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Ford is said to be in early stages of dumping parking assistance features on future models because drivers aren’t using the feature enough. & “So one example is an auto-park feature that lets the customer parallel park automatically. Since then, several Ford vehicles received the feature, even the entry-level ones.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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APRIL 18, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 19 Apr 2024, 12:00 PM Ford Territory is already on sale in a few global markets. Ford might use the Territory nameplate for the SUVs that they have already filed design patents for. Ford might not have confirmed its plans for the Indian market.

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OCTOBER 29, 2022

Ford has announced that Ford dealers will have an extra month to consider before the deadline to invest in the brand’s EV future. Ford made the news earlier this year for aggressively revitalizing its dealership system in the U.S. Ford’s new deal with its dealers is a relatively simple one.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Ford Motor Company will hold an automotive app developer conference on 8 September as part of the Connected Car Expo taking place at CTIA’s Super Mobility Week at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. —John Ellis, Global Technologist and Head of Developer Program for Ford.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As the Big Three automakers barrel towards a potential stake from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, Ford CEO Jim Farley has shared his sentiments about the matter. During a conversation with CNBC Overtime , a seemingly exasperated Farley stated that the UAW’s demands would have resulted in Ford going bankrupt.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Ford Pro Insure expanded its insurance offering for commercial vehicles to Indiana and Wisconsin. Ford Pro Insure is now available in five states. Besides Indiana and Wisconsin, Ford’s insurance for commercial vehicles is also available in Arizona, Illinois, and Tennessee. Enter Ford Pro Insure.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

News broke earlier this week that Stellantis would pull out of auto shows, including the upcoming Chicago Auto Show, for the foreseeable future. We reached out to the Chicago Auto Show folks about that, and have not yet heard back. Having one of the Detroit Three pull out of auto shows leads to ringing of alarm bells.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

Ford Motor Co. offered unprecedented pay raises in its seventh offer to the United Auto Workers (UAW) union. “Ford has received two comprehensive counteroffers from the UAW , the last on Sept. In its latest offer, Ford increased temporary workers’ pay by 26% to $21 per hour versus $20 in its last offer.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 3, 2024

Stellantis pulled out of last year’s Los Angeles Auto Show and the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show , stating that it was trying to save money amid the now resolved UAW strike. However, it’s starting to look like the company just isn’t interested in attending the big events anymore.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

Ford and State Farm are working together to improve the safety and overall cost of vehicle ownership by better matching price to risk. The exchange of information lowered the overall cost of vehicle ownership for many of the companies’ shared customers by better matching price to risk.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The United Automotive Workers (UAW) have come to a tentative local agreement at a Ford factory in Kentucky, after the union threatened to put the site’s almost 9,000 workers on strike last week if a deal wasn’t reached. My father grew up here, then moved to Michigan and got a job with Ford. workers in future endeavors.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

—project Principal Investigator and American Battery Technology Company CEO Ryan Melsert. USCAR is the collaborative technology company of Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis. USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR).

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While the United Auto Workers’ contract seems to be a done deal for all three Detroit-based automakers, Ford is the only brand that’s issued any formal statements on ratification thus far. But it wasn’t entirely empty and came directly from the Ford President and CEO Jim Farley. Now, we are getting back to work as one Ford team.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Striking Ford employees are heading back to the assembly line today after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a tentative labor deal with the company late on Wednesday. Say whatever you want about Ford. Since the strike began, Ford put 50 [percent] more on the table than when we walked out.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

American automaker Ford, whch is known to be working on an affordable EV platform, is set to build more electric vehicle (EV) software capabilities at its Ford Business Solutions India operation, based in Chennai. The company which has, thus far, invested around US$ 250 million in the Chennai hub, plans to make further investments.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2016

Ford is investing $182.2 million in Pivotal, a cloud-based software platform company with which it already has partnered ( earlier post ) on FordPass ( earlier post ), to further enhance its software development capabilities. Ford intends for the $182.2-million

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

The United Auto Workers (UAW) reached tentative contracts with each of the “Big Three” automakers over the past week, just as earnings reports from Ford and General Motors (GM) highlighted the financial damage done by the six-week strikes. Knight did not disclose how much the UAW strikes affected the company’s earnings.

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OCTOBER 21, 2023

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) have been striking against the Big Three (Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis) for over a month now, and layoffs due to supply chain disruptions have also been ongoing. Currently, over 34,000 members of the UAW are striking against the three automakers.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Amid a shifting strategy, Ford (F) reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday, beating analyst expectations. However, due to fierce pricing pressure, Ford’s EV revenue fell 84% in Q1 2024. Ford shifts EV strategy amid sales upswing Despite EV sales surging 86% to 20,233 in the first three months of 2024, Ford is pulling back.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When it comes to trucks, few automakers do it better than Ford. The company is now carrying that status as the auto industry shifts to electric vehicles. If you’re shopping for your next pickup, check out the list of Ford electric trucks broken down by price below. The post Shopping for your next Ford EV pickup?

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 3, 2022

Something must be afoot when a leading US auto maker like Ford Motor Company highlights its healthcare benefits alongside the rollout of a new multi-state, multi-billion dollar manufacturing investment plan with a heavy focus on electric vehicles.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Ford revealed during a media conference call on Tuesday that it plans to retool and transform its Oakville assembly plant in Ontario to prepare for the auto industry’s future. The facility will be renamed the Oakville EV complex to represent its role in the company better.

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