Ford Motor is offering its U.S. dealers $1,000 for every 2006 Ranger covered by a “do not drive” warning that they find and fix, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. The affected vehicles were built with potentially defective Takata Corp. airbag inflators. Ford in February expanded the “do not drive” warning to include 36,330 of the […]
Startup RideOS said Friday that it has raised $9 million led by venture firm Sequoia Capital and reached a partnership with a division of Ford Motor Co. Started by two former Uber Technologies Inc. employees, RideOS plans to sell software that gives routes and other dispatching instructions to fleets of autonomous cars. Add RideOS to […]
Ford says it will restart production of its popular F-150 pickup truck on Friday. The automaker ceased manufacturing of the F-150 at its plants in Dearborn, Michigan and outside Kansas City, Missouri — the only two plants that make the truck — earlier this month after a fire broke out at a supplier’s facility. Ford […]
A failure to properly affix steering wheels has triggered a recall of 1.38 million Ford and Lincoln cars in North America. Ford Motor said Wednesday that it is issuing a safety recall for the 2014 through 2018 model-year Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans. The recall comes after officials discovered that the cars have “potentially […]
Ford said Thursday it will end production of the popular Focus RS hot hatch on April 6 after a limited run of 50 “Heritage Edition” cars to be sold in the U.K. Ford announced last year that the Focus RS would go out of production in 2018 but did not provide a timeframe. The “Heritage […]
Ford announced on Thursday it has acquired two companies, Autonomic and TransLoc, that will help Ford work toward a future business model with an increased emphasis on autonomous vehicles that can deliver goods for business and transport people. Autonomic will help build the infrastructure Ford needs for mobility services that may rely on autonomous vehicles […]
Ford said this week it will increase its battery electric vehicle offerings beyond the 300-mile range crossover EV it plans to offer by 2020. The automaker is setting up an internal team named Team Edison to study and develop fully electric cars. It will be separate from Ford’s other electrification efforts, which include hybrid and […]
Ford designers have been swapping some clay-sculpting steels and rakes for mixed reality headsets and visualization software that can change vehicle design elements – side mirrors, grilles, vehicle interiors and more – in mere seconds. Ford has been already using VR systems in the past but now they are sharing the fact designers have been […]
Ford plans to cut production at five of its North American plants before the end of the year to keep inventory levels from expanding on the showroom floor as U.S. auto sales weaken for the first time in nearly a decade, Bloomberg reports. The facility which will see the most production cuts is the Cuautitlan Assembly […]
Domino’s is teaming up with Ford to carry out a self-driving pizza delivery experiment. The test will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and will use Ford’s Fusion Hybrid vehicles for deliveries. Adriver will still be present in the Fusion for these tests, but the cars will be driving themselves. Customers will be able to […]
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