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JULY 10, 2023

Ford has invested billions in its electrification efforts, but the automaker might not see a return on that money for quite some time. Ford reported second-quarter sales growth of 9.9 At the same time, Ford’s EV sales declined by 2.8 If EVs aren’t driving Ford sales, what is? Though Ford truck sales jumped 26.2

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 23, 2023

Ford has been restructuring for years and is reportedly planning additional layoffs. Staff from multiple business units, including its combustion-focused Ford Blue division and the Model e electric vehicle unit, are supposed to be getting bad news in the coming weeks. A Ford spokesman said the company has nothing to announce. “As

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 28, 2023

Farley also shared an image of a 1992 Ford Mondeo in Paris, but it’s easy to get sucked into looking at all the weird stuff in the archives. Interested in the Ford Telstar? General Motors has a similar but less robust archive that lets users view and download around 900 vehicle information kits.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

Anyone blessed with the gift of reading comprehension has noticed an influx of stories about Ford and its recent quality control issues. Given that shutdown costs are generally calculated in the millions, this is no small deal. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider. The brand’s important (and profitable) new Super Duty.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Notable non-Tesla EVs that were spotted on the site included the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the GMC Hummer EV. tesla shooting a commercial/video at the big 62-stall @santamonicacity Supercharger to show how you can charge any EV there soon – they’re filming Cybertruck, Hummer EV, Ford Mustang Mach-E, Mercedes EV, others.

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Teslarati

JUNE 10, 2023

The company will join auto giants Ford and General Motors (GM), and fellow EV charger provider ABB E-mobility as part of the growing Tesla NACS family. In a blog post , EverCharge stated that the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard is not really the best. It’s clunky, and its performance could be better.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 24, 2023

Ford CEO Jim Farley took to social media on Tuesday to announce that the automaker is reversing a decision to remove AM radio from its vehicles. We’ve decided to include it on all 2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles,” Farley stated on Twitter and LinkedIn. Edward Markey, D-Mass.,

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 17, 2024

General Motors president Mark Reuss threw some shade at the all-electric Ford “Mustang” Mach-E by suggesting an electrified Chevrolet Camaro would not go the crossover route if he had his druthers. For instance, there will never be room for a small, two-row Ford SUV with a Mustang badge stuck on it.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

Legacy automakers like Ford and General Motors are in the hunt, but so far, no one has been able to topple Tesla’s top spot. Ford Mustang Mach-E and VW ID.4 Kia recently announced $5,000 off the brand-new EV9, and General Motors has discounted some of its models that lost federal tax credit eligibility.

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Teslarati

JULY 19, 2023

We predicted that since Ford and General Motors are already in the development of their own self-driving efforts, they would likely not be the ones to license Autopilot or FSD from Tesla.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 16, 2023

Ford will be scaling down future investments in China, as the company’s chief executive has suggested that there will be “no guarantee” Western automakers can compete with local electric-vehicle rivals. But it also speaks to hardships Ford has endured while trying to break into the market. Ford seems laser-focused on margins right now.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The union has submitted a response to a General Motors offer as picketing continues against all three Detroit-based automakers, Ford is laying off an additional 300 employees due to supply chain complications created by the strike, and the UAW has successfully negotiated a tentative deal on its 5-year contract with Mack Trucks.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 20, 2024

Hyundai, Kia, General Motors, and Ford have all offered price cuts in recent months. It’s worth noting that the company does not offer leases in all states, including here in Maine. Rivian is far from the only automaker implementing lease discounts to drive business.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2024

Honda leaned on General Motors to help get its EV program off the ground here in the U.S., That makes the Prologue only slightly more expensive than the Ford Mustang Mach-E to start. Acura’s upcoming ZDX EV shares much of its engineering with the Prologue, including the General Motors bones.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

General Motors has invested more than many of its rivals, but the automaker is realistic about the costs it faces going forward. General Motors is not the only company looking at production hiccups as a hurdle to cross.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 24, 2024

It would be like saying “85 Percent of American Car Buyers Shunned General Motors” in the first quarter of this year – also true in terms of market share but is an intentional twisting of the numbers. Meanwhile, Ford saw its registrations triple in March as Hyundai saw a doubling. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Ford Developer Program. Currently, the three main categories of AppLink-enabled apps include: News and Information.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 3, 2023

While demands were initially left vague, the UAW has since shared a series of specific proposals to be brought forward during contract negotiations with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. Compared to the standards we’ve become accustomed to, they are indeed lofty.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 15, 2024

Tesla’s sales climbed 15 percent in January, while Ford and Chevy saw declines. Ford pulled back on investments in production facilities, and General Motors backtracked on its decision to build new hybrids after seeing wavering EV growth. Market share for EVs increased by two points in 2023, reaching 7.7

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 5, 2024

Ford recently announced that it would pause development of its new electric SUV and pickup truck to focus on hybrid offerings, and General Motors made a similar announcement a few months back. EV demand is growing slower than automakers had hoped, given their significant investments in production, research, and development.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 15, 2024

Ford and General Motors have both backtracked, saying they would produce more hybrids and plug-in hybrids to fill the gap left by wavering EV demand and now it’s Kia’s turn. Another day, another story of an automaker realizing that going all-in on EVs will take longer than expected.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2024

The ruling does not affect Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, Ford’s BlueCruise, or GM’s Super Cruise. Despite sliding under the radar, Ford and Tesla have come under fire for their driving systems’ driver monitoring and safety capabilities, as vehicles from both companies have been involved in deadly crashes over the last year.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Honda and Acura leaned on General Motors’ Ultium technology to accelerate electric vehicle development, so it’s unsurprising to see the Japanese automakers following their American counterpart’s lead in some areas. The coalition includes some who’ve already signed on with Tesla, including General Motors and Mercedes-Benz.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 1, 2024

Nissan’s somewhat recently-refreshed Frontier pickup is already behind the times, as Ford, Toyota, and General Motors have newer, more refined trucks on sale. Nissan doesn’t offer a hybrid here, and Mitsubishi doesn’t have EVs, so it’s a match made in heaven – at least on paper.

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Teslarati

JUNE 9, 2023

Last month, the standard gained a huge supporter in Ford , which noted that its future vehicles would adopt the NACS. More recently, fellow American automotive giant General Motors (GM) announced that it would also be equipping its future vehicles with the NACS.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 22, 2024

General Motors desperately needed its next-generation EVs to make a good impression. The company is fighting Ford and others in a race to match and outperform Tesla, but it hasn’t had the best luck along the way.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 25, 2024

The whole city is understandably excited, and to help its employees enjoy the game, General Motors is delaying a shift at its Flint Assembly Plant. One shared Ford's internal memo to workers, notifying them of the change. “We Some employees at the plant took to social media to celebrate the decision.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Ford was the first to strike a deal, followed by Stellantis. But General Motors wasn’t far behind and managed to settle things with the union early Monday morning. The deal with Stellantis was announced on Saturday and is said to mimic the terms the union already had negotiated with Ford.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ford, General Motors, and many others have announced plans to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), so the Supercharger network will only become busier as time goes on. Tesla’s Supercharger network is set to become the standard for several major automotive OEMs in the coming years.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unionized Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, and General Motors employees from Spring Hill, Tennessee, have voted no on the contract agreement reached by the United Auto Workers. & On Monday, production workers at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant voted against the tentative agreement.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Volkswagen joins Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, and others in moving to Tesla’s standard. Interestingly, the company holds a majority stake in Electrify America, a separate network with thousands of chargers across the country.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 29, 2024

General Motors’ luxury arm has just previewed the Cadillac Optic — which looks to be offering a tad more utility than the brand’s larger Lyriq EV. Even if we just stick with EVs, the Ford Mach-E and Tesla Model Y both offer more room for cargo and they’re a few inches shorter than the Cadillac.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 20, 2023

We'll have to see if Ford or General Motors follow suit. At this juncture, it doesn't appear Ford had a presser planned (more so due to the product cycle than the strike), and I have not yet heard about GM's plans.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2024

If it moves forward, the deal could help other automakers compete against Ford, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz, which offer well-established competitors to FSD. This isn’t the first time Musk has hinted at plans to license FSD, but nothing has come of the alleged discussions so far.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A letter from talking heads at an outfit called the American Automotive Policy Council outlines what it estimates billions of dollars in fines could be levied at companies like General Motors and Stellantis if a government proposal to hike fuel economy standards through 2032 is adopted.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Reports have faulted Chinese brands like BYD and Western companies like Audi, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, General Motors, and Ford Motor Co. General Motors) don’t seem to fall under the same levels of scrutiny. But some domestic brands with similarly deep ties to China (e.g.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The brand lost 47 percent of its American retail locations through the year, which has been attributed to General Motors buying out storefronts that refused to invest in the necessary changes required to sell all-electric vehicles. Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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