Ford Motor to cut 1,150 jobs in Britain
Ford Motor plans to cut 1,150 jobs in Britain, the Unite union stated on Friday, with almost 1,000 job losses concern its Bridgend engine plant in Wales. On Thursday, Ford stated it will cut thousands of jobs, look at plant closures and stop producing loss-making vehicle lines as part of a turnaround effort, and would
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Ford, Jaguar cuts thousands of jobs throughout Europe
Ford Motor and Jaguar Land Rover revealed sweeping job cuts across Europe on Thursday as automakers are having hard time with a slump in demand for diesel vehicles, tougher emissions regulations and a global economic slowdown led by China. Tata-owned JLR, based in central England, stated it will slash 4,500 out of 42,500 jobs, while
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Ford does not rule out plant closures as part of overhaul
Ford Motor cannot rule out plant closures as part of its attempts to return its European operations to profitability, Steven Armstrong, group vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, stated on Thursday. Upon being asked if the overhaul could include plant closures in Europe, Armstrong said, “A review of the manufacturing footprint is part of
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Volkswagen and Ford to unveil deeper alliance next week
Volkswagen and Ford Motor will reveal a deeper alliance next week that goes beyond collaborating in commercial vehicles in a move meant to save the automakers billions of dollars as they work on new technologies, two people knowledgeable about the plan stated on Wednesday. Ford and VW have been checking out closer cooperation as trade
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Ford plans new wireless technology starting 2022
Ford Motor stated on Monday it prepares to present a wireless technology for its new vehicle models in the United States, starting 2022, that will permit direct communication between connected devices. The new technology named C-V2X, or cellular vehicle-to-everything, would augment sensors utilized in self-driving cars making the vehicle’s view from radars and cameras more
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Ford recalling 874,000 pickup trucks for fire risks
Ford Motor stated Friday it is recalling 874,000 pickup trucks in North America with engine block heaters concerning fire risks. The second largest U.S. automaker stated the recall concerns some 2015-2019 Ford F-150 trucks, together with the 2017-2019 Ford F-250 Super Duty, F-350 Super Duty, F-450 Super Duty, and F-550 Super Duty pick-up trucks. Ford
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Talks between Volkswagen and Ford are moving forward
Volkswagen’s talks with Ford Motor on the two companies cooperating are showing progress, though a few details still need to be worked out, the German automaker stated on Friday. “The talks with Ford are on the right track. There are still a few open points, as always in the last stages of negotiations, but they will
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Macron refers Ford’s decision over Bordeaux plant as ‘hostile’
French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Friday that Ford’s decision to end production at its plant located in Blanquefort, southern France next year was “hostile” and stated his government was frequently seeking a buyer for the site. “As much as I rely in a social and market-driven economy, I don’t believe in cynicism. So I
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Ford’s rejection of deal for Blanquefort was ‘betrayal’: France
Ford’s rejection of a rescue deal for the Blanquefort site located in France represented a “betrayal” by the U.S. automaker, stated French finance minister Bruno Le Maire on Thursday. “I am revolted, I am sickened by this decision whose only justification is for Ford to get its shares to increase on the stock market,” Le
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Former Ford Argentina executives convicted in torture case
An Argentine court on Tuesday convicted two ex-executives of a local Ford Motor plant of involvement in the torture of employees during the country’s dictatorship in the 1970s, victims’ lawyers stated, adding they may sue the automaker in U.S. federal court. This is first time ever that former executives of a multinational company employed in
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Ford in talks with German employees about possible Saarlouis job cuts
Ford stated it had begin negotiations with German worker representatives regarding possible job cuts at its Saarlouis plant as the automaker considers discontinuing production of its Ford C-Max model. “We can confirm that we are moving into formal negotiations with our Works Council with the objective of ending production of C-Max/Grand C-Max at Saarlouis,” Ford
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Volkswagen may use Ford’s plants in U.S. for building cars
Volkswagen’s chief executive stated on Tuesday following a meeting at the White House that the German automaker was making an alliance with Ford Motor and might use the U.S. automaker’s capacity to build cars. VW CEO Herbert Diess stated the company was further “considering building a second car plant” in the United States, adding, “We
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General Motors moves to challenge rivals in U.S. commercial fleet sales
General Motors is strengthening its competition with rival Ford Motor’s lead in sales to U.S. commercial fleets to prop up profit targets amid slowing consumer demand, according to executives at the No. 1 U.S. automaker. GM is counting on new medium-duty Silverados – equipped as tow trucks, utility bucket trucks and delivery trucks – to
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U.S. November car sales see positive results
Holiday season deals propped up U.S. auto sales in November, limiting the scale of yearly decline at some automakers and putting total figures on course to top experts’ expectations, numbers from several top producers revealed on Monday. No.1 automaker General Motors posted an approximately 1 percent increase in sales, according to a source knowledgeable with
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Ford backs PM May’s Brexit plan to prevent no-deal ‘catastrophe’
Ford Motor backed UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal on Thursday to prevent a no-deal “catastrophe,” but stated she still required to guarantee long-term frictionless trade, which is important to the future of its plants in Britain. Ford Europe boss Steven Armstrong informed Reuters the company was thinking about importing more vehicles into Britain
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