Category: Ford Motor

Lawmakers Seek Review of Ford’s Agreement With Chinese Battery Maker

U.S. lawmakers are seeking to review the license agreement between Ford Motor and a Chinese battery maker. They are concerned that the deal will facilitate China’s global dominance in electric vehicle battery technology with American taxpayers’ money and increase America’s reliance on Chinese critical raw materials. According to the lawmakers, the Chinese battery maker’s supply…


Tesla Is the New Energy Infrastructure Company

News Commentary Detroit rivals General Motors and Ford Motor Company both announced that they signed deals to use Tesla’s supercharger network in North America starting next year. Existing owners of Ford and GM electric vehicles (EV) can soon begin accessing Tesla’s massive supercharger network that uses the company’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector with…


Ford Suspends Production of F-150 Lightning EV for Additional Week After Battery Fire

Ford Motor Co. will halt on F-150 Lightning production until the end of next week following a battery problem that caused an EV truck to catch fire during a pre-delivery check, the company said on Friday. “The teams worked quickly to identify the root cause of the issue,” Ford spokesperson Emma Bergg said in a statement…


Virginia Gov. Youngkin Responds to Criticism Over China-Partnered Ford Plant Decision

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s removal of Virginia for consideration for automaker Ford’s new battery plant has come under fire from Democrats, who said that a $3.5 billion Ford battery manufacturing plant would have created over 2,500 jobs in southern Virginia while questioning whether the national security concern over Ford’s China-based partner was legitimate. On Tuesday,…


Almost 500,000 Vehicles Affected by Ford’s Recent Recalls

Ford Motor Company announced two separate recalls this week that will affect almost 500,000 vehicles, including several car, truck, and SUV models. The Detroit-based automaker released an alert on Aug. 31, recalling particular F-250, F-350, and F-450 pickup truck models and Lincoln Continental cars, produced from 2017 through 2020, for a total of 277,000 vehicles. Ford said…


Georgia Jury Awards $1.7 Billion in Ford Truck Crash Case

A Georgia jury has returned a $1.7 billion verdict against Ford Motor Co. involving a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, their lawyers confirmed. Ford plans to appeal, a company representative said Sunday. Jurors in Gwinnett County, just northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week in the yearslong…


US Extends Public Input on GM, Ford Self-Driving Petitions

WASHINGTON—U.S. auto safety regulators will extend a deadline for public input on General Motors and Ford Motor petitions seeking to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday made the 30-day extension of the public comment on the…


GM, Ford Confront Wall Street’s Recession Fears

DETROIT—General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. are about to replay a script they have played out many times before—trying to convince investors they can get through a recession without skidding into the red. Analysts have been cutting share price targets and profit estimates for the Detroit automakers over the past several weeks, in tandem…


GM, Ford Seek US OK to Deploy Self-Driving Vehicles Without Steering Wheels

General Motors and Ford Motor have asked U.S. auto safety regulators to grant exemptions to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday published the separate petitions and opened them for public comment for 30 days. NHTSA has…


Wejo, Ford Bond to Enable End-to-End Insurance Offerings

Wejo Group Limite has collaborated with Ford Motor Company in Europe, which gives Wejo access to personalized connected vehicle data from Ford vehicles across the continent. Wejo is a leader in Smart Mobility cloud and software solutions for connected, electric, and autonomous vehicle data. What Happened As part of this collaboration, Wejo leverages Ford’s end-to-end data consent process…