Sara Jane Moore, who fired a handgun at US President Gerald Ford in an attempted assassination outside a San Francisco hotel in 1975, has died, according to US media. Moore, who was sentenced to life in prison but was freed on parole in her final years, was 95. Her attack came just days after Ford, a Republican, was targeted in …
Read More »Ford Motor Company is rebranding its motorsports program to Ford Racing. The rebrand and new logo were announced Thursday in a letter to employees by Will Ford, the great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford. The motorsports arm of the company had previously been called Ford Performance. The company, noted global director Mark Rushbrook, was founded on racing when Henry Ford …
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Ford is promising more affordable electric vehicles, but it’s still looking to make a profit. After kicking off production at its new EV battery plant in Kentucky, Ford is already looking for buyers to sell extra batteries. Is Ford planning to sell EV batteries? BlueOval SK, Ford’s joint venture with SK On, officially began production at its Glendale, Kentucky, plant …
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Ford’s next “Model T” is a midsize electric pickup that will start at around $30,000. The new model will be the first of a family of affordable electric vehicles based on the new Ford Universal EV Platform. As Ford shifts to lower-cost EVs, a few popular SUVs you may recognize are getting axed. Ford’s new $30,000 EV pickup will replace …
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I’m always saying that if a gap in the market is obvious to one OEM, it’s obvious to all of them. Generally, if a manufacturer comes out with a segment-busting new model that sells like gangbusters, their rivals usually sit up and take notice. A while back the internet whipped itself into a frenzy over the ‘twenty thousand dollar’ Slate …
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Ford’s renewed investment into its electric vehicles has the potential to either breathe new life into a division hemorrhaging money from past failed endeavors, or be a death knell for the American auto brand, analysts warned. The auto company announced on Monday a $5 billion plan to invest in how it manufactures its EVs, including pouring $2 billion into transforming …
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Yesterday I made the trip to Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant for its Universal EV Platform event. This plant, which opened in 1955, is currently configured to produce the Ford Escape and its cousin, the Lincoln Corsair. According to Ford, it’s scheduled to undergo dramatic changes in the near future. The event had a distinctly blue-collar feel to it, with Ford …
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Ford will launch an affordable electric truck in 2027. It will use a completely new electric vehicle platform as well as a radical new manufacturing process aimed to cut costs and boost efficiency. The automaker claims it will be the first American EV to use U.S.-made lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. The cat is finally out of the bag. Ford says …
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Ford said Monday it will invest $2 billion to transform its Louisville Assembly Plant into a factory capable of making a new generation of affordable EVs, starting with a mid-sized pickup truck with a base price of $30,000 that is slated to launch in 2027. This is not a standard factory upgrade. To reduce the cost of manufacturing, Ford has …
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