DETROIT — Stubbornly high warranty expenses and lagging cost-cutting efforts are holding back Ford Motor Co.’s profits this year, causing the company to lower its full-year earnings guidance. That pushed the company’s stock price down […]
LAS VEGAS — It all starts with a jump. I’m sitting on a bluff overlooking the high-speed, Ultra4-inspired training course at Ford’s Bronco Raptor Off-Roadeo school outside Las Vegas, and I’m looking down at the […]
DETROIT — General Motors is recalling nearly 682,000 compact SUVs because the windshield wipers can fail. The recall covers the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain from the 2014 and 2015 model years. Ball joints in […]
Ford will split its electric vehicle and internal combustion operations into two individual businesses to accelerate its adaptation of new technology and the Detroit automaker said Wednesday that its transformation into an EV company is […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — I love practical vehicles. It’s why I drive a Volvo station wagon. While some cars are created to drive around a racetrack as fast as possible or simply to look pretty, most […]
DETROIT — Rick Hendrick erased any doubt that marketing in motorsports is still effective when his automotive sales group bought the sponsorship rights through 2023 for NASCAR title contender Kyle Larson. With few companies willing […]
SAN DIEGO — I’m constantly amazed by people on the internet. We’ve created the most glorious communications platform the world has ever seen, and people use it to argue — with factually inaccurate statements, to […]
AUSTIN, Texas — It didn’t take long in the brand new Ford Bronco before people started pointing and pulling out their smartphones to take pictures. The first one happened within 30 seconds of turning onto […]
DETROIT — General Motors will raise its spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch from gasoline to the new technology. The announcements […]
PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — On the outside, the electric version of Ford’s F-150 pickup looks much like its wildly popular gas-powered version. Yet the resemblance is deceiving. With its new battery-powered truck, Ford is making […]
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