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America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
Traffic moves along the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles in February of 2026. | Apu Gomes/Getty Images For decades, America’s auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit’s Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and ’60s. Then, through a series of blunders and
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Ford turns to F1 and bounties to build a $30,000 electric truck
The team, led by Tesla veteran Alan Clarke, is obsessed with efficiency.
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Ford is fighting against physics to build affordable EVs
To say that Ford has struggled to make profitable electric vehicles would be an understatement. The company recently pulled the plug on its F-150 Lightning, a truck once heralded as the most important EV ever made, after taking a staggering $19.5 billion hit on its EV investments in 2025. A new focus on hybrids and
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Ford’s AI voice assistant is coming later this year, L3 driving in 2028
Ford’s new AI-powered voice assistant will be rolling out to customers later this year, the company’s top software executive said at CES today. And in 2028, the automaker will introduce a hands-free, eyes-off Level 3 autonomous driving feature as part of its more affordable (and hopefully more profitable) Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) platform, set to
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Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free BlueCruise tech on the way
Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.
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TechCrunch Mobility: Bankruptcy takes out two
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Ford’s big bet on EVs didn’t pan out — now it’s pivoting to hybrids and energy storage
Ford announced a series of changes to its gas- and electric-powered vehicle business aimed at dramatically increasing hybrid vehicle production in the face of slowing EV sales. The automaker also will introduce some new products as part of this plan, including an extended-range EV version of its F-series truck and battery storage systems to meet
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Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid
Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.
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Ford’s next F-150 Lightning will have a gas generator as it pivots away from large EVs
The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed “T3” and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.
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