Trump team considers canceling U.S. Postal Service EV contracts Donald Trump's transition team is considering canceling the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) contracts to electrify its delivery fleet, including with Oshkosh Corp. and Ford for tens of thousands of BEV delivery trucks and charging stations, according to three sources familiar with the plans. The move, which could be unveiled in the early days of Trump’s administration that begins on J...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/10

Euro NCAP announces results of VW, Ford, Maxus and Zeekr cars On May 29, Euro NCAP announced the results of several highly anticipated cars including the Volkswagen Tiguan, Maxus MIFA 7, Ford Tourneo Custom, and two car models from the new brand Zeekr, the 001 and the X.  The third-generation Volkswagen Tiguan achieves a 5-star rating. It has the latest safety technologies like automatic emergency braking (AEB) and lane-keeping assistance and ...

News  Updated at: 2024/05/29

eligible vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act that disqualified EVs with a specific foreign-sourced battery content, affecting also the Chevrolet Blazer EV as well as dozens of other models. There were 13 nameplates eligible for the tax incentive on January 1, with the VW ID.4 since added At Ford, the Mustang Mach-E SUV, Ford E-Transit commercial van and Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid also lost eligibility for their respectiv...

News  Updated at: 2024/02/22

Ford, LG Energy Solution and Koç Holding to establish commercial electric vehicle battery cell production plant in Turkey On February 21, Ford Motor Company, LG Energy Solution and Koç Holding signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a new joint venture to build one of Europe’s largest commercial electric vehicle battery cell facilities in the wider European region, strengthening the foundation for Ford’s electric...

News  Updated at: 2023/02/22

Sollers, Russia plans to resume Yelabuga, and Vladivostok plants On September 6, multiple sources reported that Sollers is planning to resume the work of factories in Yelabuga, where the Ford Transit used to be assembled, and in Vladivostok.At the plant in Vladivostok, Mazda Sollers Manufacturing Rus produced Mazda CX-9, CX-5, and Mazda 6 cars.It intends not only to resume production but also to launch new projects that will replace joint project...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/06

y. Documentation from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service indicates Ford had sold roughly 160,000 vehicles that meet this description as of the end of 2021. Ford has also sold a reported 22,342 battery-electric vehicles in the first six months of 2022 between the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E and E-Transit, which would bring the total to 182,342 vehicles, which does not count sales of PHEV models like the Escape Hybrid and Explorer Hybrid that wo...

News  Updated at: 2022/07/09

Sollers Ford, Russia stops car production On March 3, multiple sources reported that the Sollers Ford automobile plant has stopped production after Ford has suspended its JV operations in Russia. Ford Sollers is a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and PJSC SOLLERS with the latter holding the controlling interest. Ford Transit is produced at Ford Sollers plant in the special economic zone “Alabuga” in a full cycle including welding and ...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/07

Ford Pro in agriculture pilot program while targeting 100% renewable energy by 2035 On January 26, Ford Pro announced it is collaborating in a pilot program with the Sonoma County Winegrowers, a group of more than 1,800 grape farmers in Northern California, that will supply three Sonoma County farms with the full suite of Ford Pro solutions, including F-150 Lightning Pro pickups and E-Transit cargo vans to help drive their business forward while ...

News  Updated at: 2022/01/28

e is the stereotype of a quirky electric hatchback; automakers are ready to prove to consumers that it is possible to have it all: style, functionality and an electric powertrain. SUVs were an obvious first choice, given their outsized market share, followed by Pickups, which have allowed OEMs like Ford, Stellantis, GM, Tesla and Rivian to showcase their prowess in designing rugged all-electric vehicles with impressive capabilities. More recently...

News  Updated at: 2021/05/17

Ford, GM, Jeep, Toyota, Nissan production halted in U.S. as winter storms rage On Monday, February 15, major winter storms hitting large areas of the U.S. with snow, ice and freezing temperatures prompted OEMs to pull back on production.Ford confirmed cancelled operations at its Kansas City Assembly Plant, which builds the F-150 and Transit cargo van, beginning February 13 through February 22.GM said on February 15 that weather-related condition...

News  Updated at: 2021/02/17

LMC Automotive blog: Fim de uma era, Could the end of local production spell the end of Ford in Brazil? With our partners from Carcon, LMC Automotive organised an outlook conference in Brazil in September 2019. I shared our sales forecast with the audience, and one of my last slides was about three OEMs that were at risk in Brazil: Ford, Honda and PSA. During the presentation, a Ford employee took a picture and later told me that she immediately ...

News  Updated at: 2021/01/22

Ford sells 603,000 units in China in 2020, reflecting 6.1% y/y increase On January 13, Ford Motor (China) Ltd. (Ford China) announced its sales results in China in the fourth quarter of 2020. A total of 190,916 vehicles were sold, reflecting a 30.3% year-over-year (y/y) increase. The Ford, Lincoln, and JMC brands showed a two-digit y/y increase in the quarter. The 2020 full year sales of Ford China reached 602,627 units, up by 6.1% y/y.The Ford b...

News  Updated at: 2021/01/15

fs for the 7,600 UK businesses that exported goods to Turkey in 2019, ensuring the continued tariff-free flow of goods and protecting vital UK-Turkey supply chains in the automotive and manufacturing sectors. Vital UK-Turkey supply chains will also be protected for automotive manufacturers, such as Ford, which employs 7,500 people in the UK. Car parts are imported from the UK to Turkey to assemble the Ford Transit range of vehicles, a third of wh...

News  Updated at: 2020/12/30

Ford Otosan to establish battery factory in Turkey On December 2, Ford Otosan, a joint venture of Turkish Koc Holding and Ford, announced that it begun to build a battery assembly factory for electrified vehicles in the industrial province of Kocaeli.According to the general manager Haydar Yenigun, the firm, with its other plants in Kocaeli, will have the first integrated electric vehicle production facility in Turkey. The battery assembly factor...

News  Updated at: 2020/12/07

Ford, Nordex investing USD 50 million to produce Transit in Uruguay in 2021 On November 10, Ford announced that it will jointly invest USD 50 million in partnership with Nordex to produce its Transit commercial vehicle in Uruguay for South American markets in 2021.The return to Uruguay after more than 35 years is an important milestone for Ford to transform its operations into a sustainable business in South America.Nordex has more than 50 years ...

News  Updated at: 2020/11/12

Ford, VW to jointly build 8 million commercial vehicles, other EV and autonomous projects On June 10, Ford and Volkswagen signed agreements to expand their global alliance, plans of which were first announced by the two companies in July 2019.The alliance will produce a medium pickup truck engineered and built by Ford, for sale by VW as the Amarok starting in 2022 within the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles lineup, and as early as 2021 offer a city...

News  Updated at: 2020/06/11

o OEMs. Leveraging Autonomic’s expertise in cloud services for connected vehicles and Fujitsu’s capabilities in technology integration and experience in the automotive space, the companies will initially deliver the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC) and Fujitsu systems integration services to Ford, followed by a rollout to other automakers globally.Supported by Amazon Web Services, Autonomic’s TMC delivers a flexible and secure platform f...

News  Updated at: 2019/05/15

Ford, Autonomic, Amazon Web Services collaborate to advance mobility, vehicle connectivity On April 23, Ford Motor Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Autonomic, creators of the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC), signed a multi-year, global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which will expand the availability of cloud connectivity services and connected car application development services for the transportation industry.The collabor...

News  Updated at: 2019/04/25

Ford extends Transit Custom plug-in hybrid van trial to Cologne, Germany On November 28, Ford informed that it is to expand its exploration of the positive effects that the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can have on cities, by commencing commercial vehicle trials in Cologne, Germany. From spring 2019, Ford, supported by the City of Cologne, will operate a fleet of 10 Ford Transit Custom PHEVs with regional companies in the city t...

News  Updated at: 2018/11/29

Ford, Panasonic, Qualcomm to deploy C-V2X vehicle communications in Colorado On June 1, Ford Motor Co., Panasonic Corporation of North America, and Qualcomm Technologies announced a strategic collaboration to deploy Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technologies in Colorado. This first U.S. deployment of C-V2X technology is an extension of a previously announced partnership between the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Panason...

News  Updated at: 2018/06/02