Ford to invest $3.7B, add over 6,000 union jobs to build 2 million EVs a year
Ford is committing $3.7 billion as it continues its investment into growing its electric vehicle plans across Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri.
Ford still focused on self-driving cars as electric cars take off
Ford is rolling out Blue Cruise, its self-driving functionality, and we took a test drive in the Expedition Platinum.
Ford recalling Explorer models that can roll away while in park
Documents posted with U.S. regulators found the a piece of the rear axle can fracture, allowing the SUV to roll away while in park.
Ford Motor Co loses $3.1 billion in 1st quarter, hit by chip shortage
"Clearly the demand for our new products is very strong," Lawler said, "yet we continue to have issues with supply of chips, which constrained us, and in particular here in North America, it hit us disproportionately on our large vehicles."
Ford launches electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck
The new model represents the culmination of a company-wide shift toward electric vehicles as the industry's biggest automakers pivot toward battery-powered cars and trucks.
Ford recalls over 650K trucks and SUVS windshield wipers can fail
Ford is recalling over 650,000 trucks and SUVs due to issues with the windshield wipers that could cause them to fail.
Ford CEO teases F-150 Lightning reveal date
“It's time," read CEO Jim Farley's not-so-cryptic post.
Ford recalling vehicles over oil leaks, trailer braking systems
Fears the housing can crack, leading to oil leaking on engine parts and a fire hazard were reported.
Most GM, Ford, and Stellantis plant workers no longer required to wear masks
The new recommendations from the CDC that say people no longer have to wear face masks cover about 70% of the country's population
Ford's first Black woman car designer writes book about blazing a trail in auto industry
It was Emeline King who designed the 1994 Ford Mustang interior. She also worked on the 1989 Thunderbird - the wheel program, the 2000 Thunderbird, and designed cars in Europe.
Ford splitting its EV, gas-powered divisions into separate businesses
Ford Blue will focus on traditional combustion engines, while Ford Model e will develop electric cars, CEO Jim Farley said in a statement.
Ford recalls 330,000 Mustangs over rear camera troubles
Models from 2015 to 2017 have rear view camera wiring that can become loose or damaged.
Ambassador Bridge shutdown cost auto industry $300 million
It was a costly week for Michigan automakers, with losses in the hundreds of millions.
Trucker shortage combined with Canadian protests a 'crisis on top of a crisis' for supply chain
"They are not anti-vaccine, they are not anti-safety, they spend 90 percent of their time in their cabs," said Mickey Blashfield. "And this seems to be the line in the sand."
New renderings show what Michigan Central Station campus will look like
While Ford is still more than a year away from opening the Michigan Central Station campus, its ideas for what it will look like are already beginning to take shape.
Michigan, Detroit, and Ford envision future of mobility at Michigan Central Station
The city of Detroit and the state of Michigan have also agreed to provide infrastructure and other support for Ford's new innovation district being built around Michigan Central Station.
Michigan finalizing plan to build first-ever wireless charging road for electric cars
A 1-mile stretch of road will be built somewhere in Detroit that will be able to charge electric vehicles without stopping.
Whitmer says surprise Ford plant announcement was wake-up call to update state economic plan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, for the first time, said that Michigan had a "dysfunctional" economic development strategy and that's part of the reason Ford Motor Company ignored Michigan and is building two new car battery plants down South.
What's next for Michigan Central Station 34 years after historic Detroit train depot shuttered
The last train left Michigan Central Station 34 years ago, on Jan. 5, 1988. Today, Ford is in the process of finishing up the Detroit train depot's restoration that began in 2018.
Ford jacks up production of F-150 Lightning, cites big demand for electric pickup truck
Ford Motor Co. is ramping up F-150 Lightning production in Dearborn.