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Ford Motor in Corktown and Newlab Working on – What Else – Vehicle Connectivity, Autonomy and Electrification
Two years ago, pre-Covid, but nevertheless financially challenged Ford bought 1.2 million square feet in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, including the historic Michigan Central Station, with plans to establish a new mobility innovation district dubbed Michigan Central. Mostly press releases have followed since then. Continue reading
Alexandra Ford English to Join Rivian’s Board of Directors
The announcement comes at crucial point for Ford Motor as analysts are speculating that future of a challenged Ford – operational competence, liquidity, as well as quality and warranty issues – will require a merger with another global automaker, perhaps Volkswagen. (Bill Ford has been quoted – second hand – by insiders as saying “No.” Then after a pause “Hell No.”) Continue reading
California, Automakers Defying Trump Agree on Emissions
On April 13, 2018, however, the Trump Administration took the first step toward dismantling the national program when it issued a revised final determination that alleged the federal greenhouse gas standards for model year 2022-2025 vehicles were no longer appropriate.kxhw@aol.com Continue reading
IndustriALL Endorses Global Agreements to Fight and Shape Policy on the Growing Number of Auto Plant Closures
So whither auto plants with their well-paid, highly skilled and heavily unionized work? Plant closures and retrenchments in several countries is worrying for unions. Continue reading
Ford Invests $1 Billion in Chicago Plants for Explorer, Police Interceptor, Lincoln Aviator
Ford was the No. 1 producer of vehicles in the U.S. and the leading exporter of vehicles from the U.S., building nearly 2.4 million in 2018, Ford says it employs the most hourly U.S. autoworkers. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, manufacturing, new vehicle, news analysis
Tagged 2020 Lincoln Aviator, auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Chicago Assembly, chicago auto show, Chicago Stamping, connected vehicles, Explorer ST, ford explorer, ford motor, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Police Interceptor Utility
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Ford Manufacturing Executives from General Pacheco Plant Sentenced for Crimes Against Humanity in Argentina
Müller was the plant’s manager and Sibilla was security manager at the time the crimes were committed. According to Spain’s El País newspaper, the judges ruled that Müller and Sibilla were actively involved in the dictatorship’s plan to repress union leaders at large companies. Continue reading
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, ford motor, Ford's General Pacheco, Héctor Sibilla, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Pedro Müller, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Sindicato de Mecánicos y fines del transporte automotor de la República Argentina
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ClimaCell Raises $45 Million to Map the World’s Microweather
ClimaCell is the first microweather technology company, finding and forecasting location-specific, short-term weather that others can’t see. While traditional weather companies forecast at the city level, ClimaCell forecasts at the street level. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, autonomous vehicles, electronics, environment, marketing, safety
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Ford, Uber And Lyft Announce Agreement to Share Data
Ford Motor Company, Uber and Lyft today announced a pledge to SharedStreets, a new data platform designed – it’s claimed – to make it easier for the private sector to work with cities around the world to use your driving data to improve urban mobility. No mention of privacy or legal issues arising from the personnel data were addressed. Continue reading
Versata, Not Ford, Owns Trade Secrets says Federal Judge
Versata declared publicly that the jury verdict could result in hundreds of millions of dollars of damages to Ford and could result in an injunction from using the “copycat” substitute software Ford secretly created behind closed doors that infringes on Versata’s property rights. Continue reading
Ford Reorganizes Again Under Product Line Management Flag
Ford Motor is traveling well-worn pothole ridden roads. The move comes as Ford stock continue to languish below $10 a share of common as Wall Street remains skeptical of it future earnings potential. Continue reading
Ford Places $1B Bet in Argo AI on Autonomous Vehicles
The very small Argo AI team of specialists in robotics and artificial intelligence is led by founders Bryan Salesky, CEO, and Peter Rander, COO. Both are alumni of Carnegie Mellon National Robotics Engineering Center and former heads of the self-driving car teams of Google and Uber, respectively. Continue reading
During Q2 Ford Posts Best Profits, $2.9B, Since 2000
It was Ford’s best automotive quarterly profit since 2000. Continue reading
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Ford Motor Used Vehicle Sales Running at Record Levels
In general, automakers are setting record used car sales through their dealers as the U.S. economy slowly recovers – more than 80% of workers commute to work in vehicles – and interest rates remain at absurdly low rates as taxpayers continue to subsidize the bankers and Wall Street firms that caused the Great Recession. Record high new vehicle prices – more than $30,000 on average for a car, +$40,000 for a truck – are also forcing some buyers into used vehicles. Continue reading
Posted in aftermarket, auto news, sales
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Ford Motor Q2 Profit at $2.6 Billion or 30 Cents a Share
Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] reported Q2 2013 pre-tax profits of $2.6 billion today, or 45 cents per share. The good overall result, which had analysts gushing over an automotive operating margin of 6.4%, improved 1.5 percentage points from 2012 at $726 million, or 15 cents per share, higher compared with a year ago. Continue reading
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Ford Pickup Truck Sales Best Q3 in 15 Years. Cars Dead
Ford’s overall pickup sales of combined F-Series and Ranger totaled 249,997 pickups. This was Ford’s best Q3 pickup sales since 2005, with combined sales up 4.0% over a year ago. F-Series Q3 retail sales were up 10.1% over a year ago and are back above pre-corona virus sales levels. Total F-Series sales of 221,647 for the quarter were up 3.5%. Continue reading →