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No more dealer markups: Ford wants to move to online-only sales for EVs
Ford thinks its distribution model costs $2,000 more per car than Tesla's.
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Ford delays switch to Android Automotive until 2023
Last February, Ford announced that it was partnering with Google for its infotainment operating system. The automaker had used Blackberry QNX as the underlying OS for Sync 4, but like many other manufacturers, it has found Android Automotive to be a compelling alternative. Unfortunately for Ford, that migration is not going very smoothly. Ford CEO Jim Farley told The Verge that the company is months behind schedule.
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Ford is turning its EVs into video conference rooms with help from Cisco
With its newly minted bi-directional charging capabilities, the Ford F-150 Lightning can now serve as a backup home power supply in a pinch. Soon, the automaker hopes it might do the same for your office space thanks to a new partnership with Cisco, makers of Webex conference software.
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Ford to ship and sell incomplete vehicles with missing chips
Ford will soon start selling and shipping incomplete, but driveable vehicles that come without the chips that power certain non-safety features, according to a report from Automotive News. The automaker will instead ship the semiconductors to dealers within one year, which they will then install in customers’ vehicles after purchase.
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Ford is investing in a facility in Cologne, Germany, worth $1bn which will see the production of electric vehicles
Ford is investing in a facility in Cologne, Germany, worth $1bn which will see the production of electric vehicles
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Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more
Google has been publicly building tiny radar chips since 2015. They can tell you how well you sleep, control a smartwatch, count sheets of paper, and let you play the world’s tiniest violin. But the company’s Soli radar hasn’t necessarily had commercial success, most prominently featuring in an ill-fated Pixel phone. Now, Google has launched an open-source API standard called Ripple that could theoretically bring the tech to additional devices outside Google — perhaps even a car, as Ford is one of the participants in the new standard.
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Toyota dethrones GM to become America's top-selling automaker in 2021
Toyota Motor has dethroned General Motors as America’s top-selling automaker in 2021, marking the first time since 1931 that the Detroit automaker wasn’t the best-selling car company in the U.S. It also marks the first time a non-domestic automaker has taken the top spot in America.
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Ford plans to produce 600,000 EVs a year by the end of 2023
Ford is aiming to double its production plans to keep up with demand..
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Ford will recycle its EV batteries with ex-Tesla exec’s startup
Ford has tapped startup Redwood Materials — run by former Tesla chief technology officer JB Straubel — to handle the recycling of its electric vehicle batteries. The two companies also plan to use this new partnership to help build out the battery supply chain in the United States, which is something that the Biden administration has stressed as a goal.
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Ford To Close Both India Manufacturing Plants After Losses Of $2 Billion
The decision by Ford Motor Company to shutter plants in Sanand and Chennai comes after accumulated losses over 10 years and lack of growth. At least 4,000 employees to be affected by the move.
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With Ford's electric F-150 pickup, the EV transition shifts into high gear
When President Joe Biden took Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning pickup for a test drive in Dearborn, Michigan, in May 2021, the event was more than a White House photo op. It marked a new phase in an accelerating shift from gas-powered cars and trucks to electric vehicles, or EVs.
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How Ford burned $12 billion in Brazil
A century ago Henry Ford came to Brazil and established the town of Fordlandia, hoping to become an Amazonian rubber baron, but retreated deep in the red.
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Ford’s F-150 Lightning Electric Pickup Truck Undercuts Rivals With $40,000 Starting Price
Ford Motor Co. plans to undercut several rival producers of electric pickup trucks when its battery-powered F-150 goes on sale next year. The company revealed prices for its newest truck—the first fully electric version of its top-selling and most-profitable vehicle—during an event Wednesday evening at its Dearborn, Mich., headquarters.
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Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck can power your home in an outage
The power of a pickup truck is not all about torque, horsepower, towing and hauling. Ford’s newest electric F-150 Lightning, which was unveiled Wednesday, is trying to change the meaning of truck power with a system that can provide energy to a customer’s home in the event of an outage.
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Ford Makes $29 Billion Commitment to Electric and Self-Driving Cars
The automaker, which starts producing the electric F-150 in 2022, announced it will invest heavily in the future of powertrains and mobility through 2025.
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Ford partners with 3M, GE to make respirators, ventilators and face shields
Ford Motor Co. is teaming with major medical equipment manufacturers, including the 3M Co. and GE Healthcare, to boost their production and to make face shields and 3-D print respirators.
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Elon Musk congratulated Ford on its all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV, a threat to Tesla
Elon Musk tweeted his welcome to Ford's new electric vehicle, the Mustang Mach-E SUV. More and more conventional automakers have been tapping into the electric-vehicle market that Tesla has sought to dominate. Ford unveiled the Mustang Mach-E SUV on Sunday with great ceremony, featuring an appearance from the actor Idris Elba.
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Ford shows off electric F-150 truck by towing a million pounds of train
Even if you're not a truck fan, the prospect of a battery electric Ford F-150 is appealing. The F-150 is the nation's best-selling light vehicle with more than 1.1 million sold in 2018, so it would be a good thing if some of those future sales were variants that didn't need to pump out buckets of CO2 every day. To do that, Ford not only needs a competent electric powertrain, it also has to convince some of its customers that dropping the internal combustion engine isn't a downgrade.
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Ford knew Focus, Fiesta models had flawed transmission, sold them anyway
The carmaker says that it's not a safety problem if your car slips into neutral on the highway.
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This Futuristic 1966 Ford Ranger II Concept Truck
1966 Ford Ranger II concept truck with a futuristic look created with a streamlined windshield, high-intensity head lights of rectangular design and Clearwater Aqua finish. Syd Mead created a design for a convertible Ford pickup, similar to the modern Chevrolet SSR.
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