In mid-February this year, Ford announced plans to launch a plant in Michigan by 2026 to produce traction batteries for electric vehicles using Chinese CATL technologies. It was supposed to be the first company in the USA to produce so-called LFP...
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Power sources for transport cannot only be stationary, as the engineers at Ford Motor rightly argue, who filed a patent application back in January 2022 describing a car trailer with built-in batteries and the necessary connections that can...
So far, competition for a place among the top three EV makers for Ford Motor in the US market is focused, but the auto giant’s management recognizes that Chinese manufacturers, which are developing very rapidly and producing EVs in large...
Not long ago, Tesla’s rival Ford Motor Company announced its intention to convert its new electric vehicle models to the NACS connector, which allows charging at Tesla’s branded Supercharger stations. Tesla’s second largest...
Tesla’s partnership with other automakers, Elon Musk says, may not be limited to just providing access to hardware developments and a network of branded charging stations. Speaking to Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley on Twitter Spaces, the Tesla CEO...
The decision to open up access to the network of Tesla-branded charging stations to other brands of electric vehicles was made last year, but with the emergence of Ford Motor, which ranks second in the US electric vehicle market, it has good things...
Ford Motor Company held its Capital Markets Day 2023 event on Monday to present investors with its electric vehicle plans for the coming years, as well as deals with traction battery lithium suppliers to make those plans a reality. The company aims...
Ford Motor Corporation has timed the release of its quarterly reports with news of the resumption of orders for the Mustang Mach-E electric crossover, which is being produced in a slightly updated form at a modernized plant in Mexico. Price wars...
Given that Ford Motor Company has become the second-largest EV maker in the US market, its management can hardly be blamed for a lack of will to develop its core business. Yes, he makes losses, but the company boss Jim Farley (Jim Farley) in an...
In early February, Ford Motor Company discovered that a fault in the traction battery on some F-150 Lightnings could cause it to spontaneously combust, and Michigan halted production of those electric pickups as of mid-month. The investigation...
More than 60 years ago, the Ford Otosan joint venture was founded in Turkey, specializing in the production of commercial vehicles of this American brand. Under the new terms, the partners took the next step in business development by announcing...
The story of Toyota’s first global electric vehicle recall due to the risk of wheel detachment while driving is an exception to the rule: electric cars are usually recalled precisely because of electrical system or battery defects. A similar...
Ford’s intentions to dominate Michigan’s lithium iron phosphate battery production using China’s CATL technologies have been no secret since last weekend, but only on Monday did the American auto giant confirm that it would start...
For a long time, it was believed that the US authorities would not allow the Chinese giant CATL, which now controls 37% of the world production of lithium batteries for electric vehicles, to take over the production of such products in the United...
The ongoing shortage of semiconductor components in the automotive industry has taught market participants a lot. Automakers have started to work more actively with suppliers and chipmakers. At the end of 2021, Ford Motor entered into an agreement...
The state of Virginia (USA) has blocked a joint initiative by Ford Motor and China’s CATL to build a plant to manufacture traction batteries for electric vehicles. According to Business Korea, the reason was the potential risks of future Sino...
