Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company USD 1.7 billion in profitsAdditional labour costs from the four-year and eight-month agreement will total USD 8.8 billion by the end of the contract, translating to ...
30 Nov, 2023, 06.51 PM IST
Ford production workers at Kentucky, Louisville vote against new labor dealThe ratification of the contract was voted down by 55% of the production workers whereas 69% of the skilled trades workers, which includes ...
13 Nov, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Autoworkers reach a deal with Ford, a breakthrough toward ending strikes against Detroit automakersThe United Auto Workers (UAW) union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Ford, potentially ending the nearly six-week-long strik...
26 Oct, 2023, 11.40 PM IST
Ford lays off another 150 workers citing UAW strikeFord said the UAW's walkout last week at its Kentucky Truck Plant prompted the new layoffs at a Michigan axle plant. Another 16,600 Ford em...
19 Oct, 2023, 07.59 AM IST
UAW shuts down Ford's biggest plant; Stellantis talks resumingU.S. auto workers are expected to resume talks with Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, after a surprise walkout at Ford's largest ...
12 Oct, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Several companies freeze operations as severe weather disrupts parts of USA rare deep freeze sweeping southern U.S. states reached the northern part of neighboring Mexico over the three-day Presidents Day holiday ...
17 Feb, 2021, 12.13 AM IST
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine shots leave warehouses, widening America's push to immunizeThe distribution of Moderna's vaccine to more than 3,700 locations in the United States will vastly widen the rollout started last week by ...
20 Dec, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
Ford recalls about 4,000 Super Duty F-Series trucks for transmission issueFord will notify owners and dealers will update the software free of charge, according to NHTSA documents. The recall is expected to begin ...
05 May, 2014, 06.19 PM IST
- Toyota to produce luxury Lexus model at US plant
Toyota is about to start making a Lexus model in Kentucky, a move that will create 750 jobs at its plant in Georgetown that already employs...
19 Apr, 2013, 03.59 AM IST
- Recalls add to Toyota's US overcapacity woes
Toyota's massive recalls are adding to the Japanese automaker's overcapacity problems in the United States, where it plans to halt producti...
19 Feb, 2010, 02.38 PM IST
- Ford to spend $75 mn to retool plant for small cars
Ford Motor Co. says it will spend $75 million to retool part of its Michigan Truck factory in Wayne so it can make small car bodies.
26 Aug, 2008, 08.26 PM IST
- Ford begins production of new Fiesta in Germany
Ford Motor Co. said on Thursday it has begun production of its new subcompact Fiesta at a plant in Germany.
14 Aug, 2008, 04.37 PM IST
- Ford in $9 bn loss, to convert plants
Ford Motor, the world’s third-largest automaker, posted a second-quarter loss of $8.7 billion and said it would convert three truck factori...
25 Jul, 2008, 01.10 AM IST
- Ford posts $8.7 bn Q2 loss on asset write-downs
The net loss includes $8.03 bn worth of write-offs because of a decline in value of North American assets and Ford Motor Credit Co's lease ...
25 Jul, 2008, 12.50 AM IST
- Toyota to build fuel-sipping Prius hybrid in US
Japanese auto giant Toyota said that it plans to start assembling its fuel-sipping Prius hybrid car in the United States with production sl...
11 Jul, 2008, 07.20 AM IST
- Sales slump causes Ford to close plant that makes 2 sport utility vehicles for nine weeks
Sagging demand for large sport utility vehicles has forced Ford Motor Co. to close a Michigan factory for nine weeks starting June 23.
17 Jun, 2008, 08.00 AM IST
- US Feb auto sales tumble
Automakers got hit where it hurts in February, with US sales of their most profitable vehicles - trucks, sport utilities and large sedans -...
05 Mar, 2008, 12.00 AM IST