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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The build-and-price tool for the 2024 Ford F-150 is now live, meaning we can poke around in what Ford asserts is a streamlined ordering process in which the number of buildable combinations has been cut by 90 percent compared to last year. liter EcoBoost as the new entry-level engine. Go build your own.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. The small team consisted of “some of the best EV engineers in the world,” according to Ford’s CEO Jim Farley. Ford put together a small team with “some of the best EV engineers in the world.” billion last year.

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MARCH 17, 2021

The University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company are opening a new advanced robotics facility. U-M’s Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is a four-story, $75-million, 134,000-square-foot complex situated on the north campus. The new facility brings together U-M researchers from 23 different buildings and ten top-10 programs.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. —Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer. The Ford Ion Park team is underway already.

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MARCH 3, 2022

Ford is continuing to transform its global automotive business, accelerating the development and scaling of electric, connected vehicles, while leveraging its nameplates to strengthen operating performance and take full advantage of engineering and industrial capabilities. —Ford President and CEO Jim Farley.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Against the background of the introduction of the new all-electric E-Transit ( earlier post ), Ford is expanding its offering of fleet management tools to provide electric-vehicle data, charging reports and web-based pre-conditioning, plus new features that can help secure vehicles and help enhance driver performance.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Ford has become the first automaker to use 100% recycled ocean plastics to produce automotive parts. Wiring harness clips in Ford Bronco Sport models are made of ocean-harvested plastic—commonly referred to as “ghost gear.”.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Ford CEO Jim Farley made a blockbuster of a statement this week. The fact that electric vehicles are “simpler” than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles […]. The fact that electric vehicles are “simpler” than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles […].

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MAY 15, 2013

Ford Sollers, the Russian joint venture between Ford Motor and Sollers, is building a $274-million engine plant in Elabuga, Tatarstan. The company will also manufacture and sell the new Ford EcoSport small sports utility vehicle (SUV). litre Duratec engine will begin at the new engine plant in December 2015.

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JUNE 30, 2020

The two companies plan to build the first US modular thermochemical waste-to-hydrogen production facility in California in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a pipeline of additional projects to follow in 2021. Ways2H Inc., Ways2H Inc.,

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MARCH 22, 2024

Amid its shift to more affordable electric vehicles, Ford could build its new EV platform overseas as it looks to revamp sales. Ford mulls affordable EV platform production in India According to a new report from Autocar India , Ford is looking to re-enter India. New Tesla Model 3 (Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.)

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Ford Motor Company has resumed production of the F-150 Lightning following a six-week shutdown to expand and retool the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center plant to triple manufacturing capacity of the electric truck. With the expansion, Ford will have ability to produce the F-150 Lightning at an annualized rate of 150,000 units by this fall.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ford celebrated the production start of the all-new F-150 at the Ford Rouge Center and confirmed construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022. Among the specific findings: Up to 14 US jobs are supported by each direct Ford F-Series employee.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform. The vehicle can fully charge in about two hours with optional DC fast charging.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 13, 2024

Ford has trademarked an interesting name from its back catalog. Oval has filed trademarks for "RS200" and "Ford RS200" within the European Union Intellectual Property Office, according to our sister publication. An EV doesn’t seem out of the question, nor does the company trying to build a small-engined mainstream compact sports car.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Ford Motor Company reported that it has built its two-millionth EcoBoost engine since the launch of the line in 2009. With customer demand exceeding its initial projections, Ford now expects EcoBoost production to exceed its global diesel engine production. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter

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MARCH 19, 2024

Ford is planning to delay some electric vehicle plans in favor of a lineup of small, compact $25,000 EVs that could launch shortly after Tesla launches a car at the same price point, a new report says. Ford EV “skunkworks” team is led by a Tesla alumni CEO Jim Farley said, “We’re going to spend less capital on larger EVs.

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JULY 28, 2020

Ford is using two four-legged robots leased from Boston Dynamics at its Van Dyke Transmission Plant in early August to laser-scan the plant, helping engineers update the original computer-aided design. We design and build the plant. —Mark Goderis, Ford’s digital engineering manager.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

AVL Powertrain UK Limited and Ford Motor Company are working together on an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC)-funded research and development project to define, design, develop and test a driveable demonstrator Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). Bernadette Longridge, Engineering Center Manager at AVL.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Ford and its partners are building a new engine plant in China to support future products and growth plans. Ford’s joint venture, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Ltd (CFMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with the Chongqing Municipal Government to build a new engine plant in Chongqing.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Within the tide DC plans, Ford contributes 4 p.c common salary building up incorporated within the offer, the corporate added, is the “largest uplift in Ford of Canada history.” Day Ford staff north of the border now have a word working thru Sept. of an worker’s income as much as 2,080 hours to the plan.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Ford's entry was the Fairlane, which debuted as a 1962 model. The Fairlane name was lifted from Henry Ford's estate in Dearborn , Fair Lane, which itself was named after the street in Cork, Ireland, where Henry's grandfather was born in 1804. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now.

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MARCH 9, 2015

Ford announced the official production start of the new twin-scroll 2.0-liter liter EcoBoost engines for North America at its Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. This marks the first time these engines are being produced in the US. liter EcoBoost engine is available in the all-new Ford Mustang, Explorer and Lincoln MKC.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Ford is investing $2.5 billion in new engine and transmission plants in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Guanajuato, respectively. The investment, which comes during the celebration of Ford’s 90 th anniversary in the country, will bring 3,800 direct new jobs plus additional indirect jobs to Mexico.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Ford Motor Company is exploring how large-scale one-piece auto parts, such as spoilers, could be printed for prototyping and future production vehicles, as the first automaker to pilot the Stratasys Infinite Build 3D printer. The new 3D printer system is housed at Ford Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn.

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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Ford Motor Company is researching new smartphone-based communications technology that could potentially help warn drivers of pedestrians, bicyclists and more—even those approaching a vehicle’s path but blocked from a driver’s view. —Jim Buczkowski, Executive Director, Research and Advanced Engineering.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Ford has acknowledged its recent struggles with quality, with CEO Jim Farley vowing to halt the brand’s backward slide. It will take some time for turnaround efforts to take hold, and in the meantime, we’ve got more Ford recalls to discuss. & This recent recall action builds on a similar action from last year. .&

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JANUARY 9, 2024

We’ve often said that building cars is hard – and those difficulties don’t always end even after a company stops making them. liter three-cylinder engine which was an option in certain models of the long-departed Ford Focus compact car and Ford EcoSport& thing & tiny crossover.

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MARCH 2, 2023

After a competitive search, the United States Postal Service (USPS) awarded a contract for 9,250 Ford E-Transit battery electric vehicles (BEVs) as well as initial orders for more than 14,000 charging stations to be deployed at Postal Service facilities. The Ford E-Transit BEVs are manufactured in Kansas City, Missouri.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Ford is pressing forward with new, more powerful Mustang variants when other automakers are pulling back on the segment. The company recently held a first drive for the 2024 Mustang , including the new Dark Horse variant, and we’re now seeing leaks for the Mustang GTD, a mid-engine car with wild styling and a surprising underbelly.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

liter EcoBoost engine paired exclusively with the first volume-production 10-speed automatic transmission available from any automaker, 2017 Ford F-150 sees improvement in all three EPA fuel economy label estimates—city, highway and combined ratings—by 1 mpg over 2016 F-150; the 4x4 model improves by 2 mpg combined.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 1, 2023

As automakers convert their gas vehicle lineups to electric models, it’s not surprising that the big, thirsty engines are among the first to go. Ford, a pioneer of V8 engines and muscle cars, is certainly no exception, but the automaker’s executives aren’t giving up on displacement just yet.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

GlobalFoundries (GF), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, and Ford Motor Company announced a strategic collaboration to advance semiconductor manufacturing and technology development within the United States, aiming to boost chip supplies for Ford and the US automotive industry. billion units expected by 2024.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Ford Motor Company and Baidu, Inc. The Baidu-Ford L4 Autonomous Vehicle Test Project is a two-year initiative, with on-road testing slated to begin by the end of this year. The Baidu-Ford L4 Autonomous Vehicle Test Project is a two-year initiative, with on-road testing slated to begin by the end of this year.

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

Ford has begun production of the Deutsche Post StreetScooter WORK XL electric van at its European HQ in Cologne, Germany. Around 180 Ford employees are working in two shifts to build up to 16 WORK XL models per day, providing an annual production capacity of 3,500 units.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Ford is investing $135 million in the design, engineering and production of key components—including advanced battery systems—for its next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles going into production this year. Ford is also dedicating a 285,000-square-foot research and development lab in Dearborn, Mich.,

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