Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2015

Ford is investing $2.5 The investment covers three projects: a new engine plant in Chihuahua; expansion of Ford’s I-4 and diesel engine lines in Chihuahua; and a new transmission plant—Ford’s first in Mexico—in Guanajuato. Ford has 11,300 employees in Mexico.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 23, 2024

With low-cost EVs hitting key global markets, BYD is quickly catching up to Ford. The growth was enough to overtake Japan’s Honda and Nissan for the first time to become the seventh-largest automaker globally. Although global auto leaders like Volkswagen and Toyota’s sales numbers fell in Q2, BYD continued to see more demand.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Ford is expanding its production capacity for the company’s next-generation battery electric vehicles at a second North American plant. billion investment in global electric vehicles, Ford is expanding its BEV manufacturing footprint to its Flat Rock Assembly plant in southeast Michigan. Tied to the company’s $11.1-billion

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Ford Motor Company announced that its Kansas City Assembly Plant will build the all-new E-Transit van, part of a more than $3.2 billion investment in Ford’s North American manufacturing facilities to produce a series of new electric vehicles for commercial and retail customers. E-Transit is part of Ford’s more than $11.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

Ford announced a series of global manufacturing actions centered on improving the company’s operational fitness, among them that it would source the next-generation Ford Focus for North America primarily from China, rather than Hermosillo, Mexico. Ford is a top auto exporter in the US.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

RACM has a further INR 250-crore of opportunities under discussion for the North American market for vehicle platforms of various OEMs like Ford, GM and Honda. The company selected Aguascalientes because of its strategic location in the heart of Mexico.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 1, 2024

Nissan and Honda will also develop battery tech and e-Axles to power new global vehicles. The Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi partnership comes as Tesla and Chinese EV makers like BYD continue expanding in key global markets, including Japan, taking market share. American automakers like Ford have announced similar plans.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Ford Motor Company is expanding its 3-Wet paint ( earlier post ) capacity by 50% this year, adding the more environmentally friendly process to four more plants on three continents. Enabling the 3-Wet high-solids solvent-borne paint formulation technology is a combination of process and product developed by Ford and its suppliers.

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MAY 5, 2023

Ford Motor Company is tweaking plans in China and seeking to turn around financial losses after five years of lackluster sales within the region. CEO Jim Farley has reportedly returned from Asia to finalize those plans, which were reiterated during a press call about Ford’s first-quarter earnings held earlier in the week.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Ford Motor Company is furthering its commitment to aggressively step up water conservation programs at its global facilities and among the company’s suppliers, according to its 15 annual Sustainability Report, released today. Ford will then work with the suppliers to achieve reductions.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It seems like legacy automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors, are starting to embrace the EV transition. The cells produced at the plant will supply Stellantis assembly plants in the United States, Canada, and Mexico to produce electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Ford announces 11.4B

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

Ford Motor Company became the first automaker to join a voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program recently established in India. The company already participates in similar programs in the United States, China, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Total CO 2 emissions at Ford’s global facilities have dropped 47%, or by 4.65

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EV Central

MAY 14, 2024

The 2024 BYD Shark has been launched at an event in Mexico City, with full details released on how the Chinese car giant plans to beat the likes of the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-MAX. READ MORE: 2025 Jeep Gladiator 4xe plug-in hybrid incoming: BYD Shark and Ford Ranger PHEV rival confirmed EVs in demand!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

The IBM board of directors elected Mark Fields, president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company, to the board effective 1 March 1, 2016. He is leading Ford into a future where cars are not only vehicles, but increasingly becoming mobile technology platforms. Fields joined Ford in 1989.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 26, 2024

BYD is already a leading EV brand in Mexico, but entering Canada could shake up the North American auto market. BYD Seal test drive in Mexico (Source: BYD) BYD Canada also met with government officials and inquired about opening retail locations with dealers. In May, BYD revealed its first pickup truck , the Shark PHEV, in Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2017

On Monday, Ford Motor Company announced the immediate replacement of Mark Fields as CEO by Jim Hackett, who had led Ford Smart Mobility LLC since March 2016. Ford also announced changes in roles for three top executives: Jim Farley (Global Markets), Joe Hinrichs (Global Operations) and Marcy Klevorn (Mobility).

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 28, 2024

BYD Seal test drive in Mexico (Source: BYD) Low-cost EVs, overseas expansion fueling growth BYD’s auto (and related) sales accounted for 76% of revenue, generating RMB 228.3 It’s also planning to open facilities in Mexico, Hungary, Brazil, Turkey, and Pakistan. Will it top Ford and GM? billion ($42.2 billion), up 15% YOY.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG are significantly expanding their cooperation with joint development of premium compact vehicles and joint production in Mexico. It also shows how our collaboration, which began in Europe, has become global in scope. Mexico is already an important market for Daimler.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Building on the success of Ford’s Innovate Mobility Challenge Series (IMCS) 1.0 in 2014 ( earlier post ), Ford has launched the Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan, which asks developers to submit traffic-busting solutions for the main highway artery between Taipei and popular tourist destination Yilan.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

Ford is rolling out its 3-Wet paint technology in its paint shops in India, Romania, Mexico and China. Ford is also readying its launch of the process at Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2016

The Financial Times reports that Uber will invest $500 million into a global mapping project in an effort to decrease its dependence on Google Maps and to prepare for autonomous driving. This summer they hit the road in Mexico. The FT cited “ a person familiar with Uber’s plans ” as the source. —Brian McClendon. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2021

Methane (CH 4 ) is in abundance at the Port of Corpus Christi due to direct connections to the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale production fields. According to the MOU, Howard intends to capture its carbon emissions at Javelina, avoiding atmospheric release which contributes to global warming.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 6, 2023

Ford Motor Co. The go comes 9 months next Ford warned Wall Boulevard about surging portions prices and put its CFO in command of provide chain efforts on an intervening time foundation past it looked for any person to remove at the newly created position. Robinson nearest day. Door’s appointment takes impact June 12.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

The Lincoln Motor Company is working with Rivian to develop an all-new electric vehicle previously announced as part of Ford Motor Company’s original investment in Rivian. The all-new lineup has helped Lincoln’s global SUV sales grow 7% year-over-year and enabled the luxury automaker to deliver its best US SUV sales in 16 years.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. For the past decade, Ford has made it a priority to conserve water.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Then, Tesla started poking fun at other automakers by dressing up the Cybertruck in wraps that resembled rival pickups, like the F-150 from Ford and the Toyota Tundra. Initially, Tesla rolled out some different camouflage designs that came in colors like white and black , black and blue , and black and grey.

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Baua Electric

JULY 15, 2024

BYD officially launched the Shark , a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) electric pickup, in Mexico in May. However, it will launch the pickup in global markets like Thailand (where it opened a new plant this month) and Latin America. For one, it could be an automaker (like Ford or GM) benchmarking the PHEV pickup. Powered by a 29.58

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Li sat down for an interview with Yahoo Finance Anchor Akiki Fujita to discuss the global EV market. After confirming that BYD will officially announce a new manufacturing facility in Mexico, likely in the second half of the year, Li shut down rumors the automaker was planning to enter the US. They are not eager to invest.”

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In its 2023 Tech Predictions, the firm estimated that global EV sales will decline during the year, and that the Ford F-150 Lightning would outsell the Tesla Cybertruck. On top of that, the car will likely be produced in Giga Mexico which we believe won’t be operational until 2027,” the firm wrote.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Ford Motor Company will invest an additional $450 million in its electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build its next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle vehicles in Michigan beginning in 2012. Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford made the announcement at the end of the first day of the media preview of the Detroit Auto Show.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2013

Mazda is strengthening its production system in line with its aim to increase global sales to 1.7 SKYACTIV engines are currently manufactured at the Hiroshima Plant and at Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., SKYACTIV engines are currently manufactured at the Hiroshima Plant and at Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Four US-based Delphi components operations and Delphi’s global steering business will become part of two new, wholly-owned GM subsidiaries effective upon closing of the transaction. The acquisition will help GM to maintain continued uninterrupted supply to its global GM car and truck operations. Fiat Automobiles SpA, Hyundai Motor Co.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2018

Increased production from the Permian region in Texas and New Mexico accounts for 0.8 million b/d of growth to come from the Federal Gulf of Mexico, as seven new projects are expected to come online by the end of 2019. Other regional forecasts are: Production from the Eagle Ford region is expected to be between 1.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

Ford Motor Company, moving to create a center of excellence in Michigan for vehicle electrification, is investing $135 million to design, engineer and produce key components for the company’s next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles. Ford’s Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company officially launched the new Ford Fiesta into the China market on the southern resort island of Hainan. The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing.

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