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@Ford: How To Keep Cities Moving and People Happy with Gabe Klein

By: Alex Roy via the No Parking Podcast Gabe Klein talks about how he likes to reference old photos of street design to demonstrate how far we’ve advanced on some issues, and how far we still have to go to achieve true shared, safe streets. This early 20th century street in Miami, FL demonstrates the chaotic… Continue reading @Ford: How To Keep Cities Moving and People Happy with Gabe Klein

@Ford: This Time It’s Personal: Now Your Car Learns What You Like – Tech Suggests When to Call Your Mum or Hit the Gym

Debuting in the all-electric Mustang Mach-E, Ford’s next-gen SYNC system keeps drivers in control with large touchscreens, intuitive design, conversational speech recognition Ford SYNC communication and entertainment system employs machine-learning to offer new levels of personalisation – learns from driver behaviours to make smart suggestions New Remote Vehicle Setup feature enables owners to pre-configure new… Continue reading @Ford: This Time It’s Personal: Now Your Car Learns What You Like – Tech Suggests When to Call Your Mum or Hit the Gym

Ford severance packages offered to U.S. workers: Here are the details

Ford Motor Company plans to email employees on Tuesday details for severance packages with a goal of shedding at least 1,400 U.S. jobs by the end of 2020, and the Free Press has obtained details of the offer. The so-called “Voluntary Incentive Program” (VIP) provides a lump-sum cash severance payment for eligible employees who elect to, and… Continue reading Ford severance packages offered to U.S. workers: Here are the details

@Ford: Ford North America COO to Outline Opportunities in Launch, Quality and Cost at RBC Industrials Conference on Sept. 14

DEARBORN, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lisa Drake, Ford COO of North America, will discuss the company’s North America business with lead auto analyst Joe Spak during the RBC Industrials Conference on Monday, Sept. 14, at 10:40 a.m. EDT. The session will cover topics such as Ford’s North America cost structure, the company’s plans to capitalize on vehicle connectivity,… Continue reading @Ford: Ford North America COO to Outline Opportunities in Launch, Quality and Cost at RBC Industrials Conference on Sept. 14

Canada’s Unifor picks Ford as lead in Detroit Three contract talks

Detroit — Ford Motor Co. of Canada has been selected as the lead company with which the Unifor labor union will bargain as they negotiate with Detroit’s three automakers on new contracts. Unifor will bargain with Ford to establish a pattern for the four-year contracts that expire at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 21. The union on Tuesday selected Ford out… Continue reading Canada’s Unifor picks Ford as lead in Detroit Three contract talks

@niche: Three Layers: The auto industry’s radical future structure000065

By: Daniel BarelCo-Founder and CEO of REE Rapid growth in electrification is driving a seismic shift in how the automotive industry builds cars. But an even more fundamental change is taking place thanks to e-mobility, writes Daniel Barel, Co-Founder and CEO of electric vehicle platform maker REE When Henry Ford started building cars, his factory… Continue reading @niche: Three Layers: The auto industry’s radical future structure000065

HiPhi X Evolvable super SUV – Global landmark attracting the attention

The 2020 HiPhi X world launch campaign — HiPhi ad featuring friendly messages to industry rivals, many Chinese and foreign Kols from the automotive, technology, finance, venture capital and media circles have forwarded and commented by Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and other platforms, which has given full affirmation for the “luxury brand” of HiPhi on behalf… Continue reading HiPhi X Evolvable super SUV – Global landmark attracting the attention

@Ford: A Home Run for Self-Driving Vehicle Education in D.C.

By Brittany Pauley, Washington, D.C. Market Manager, Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC Continue reading on Self-Driven » Go to Source

Ford Workers Shut Down Dearborn Truck Plant Production, Factory Now Back Online

25 May 2020, 15:26 UTC ·
by Mircea Panait

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The health crisis still isn’t over, and even though things are getting better in the United States, there are exceptions. Take, for instance, this video of Ford Dearborn Truck Plant workers shutting down the lines over working shoulder to shoulder, in violation of social distancing rules.
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An employee told Labor Notes “they were threatening to fire everyone who refused to be doubled up. I didn’t care, I walked out.” As if that wasn’t aggravating enough, the report says there’s not enough time between the A-shift and B-shift for thorough cleaning. But that’s not all, oh no!
The Ford Motor Company shut down the factory last week after learning that a worker tested positive for coronavirus, a few days after production had finally restarted. The UAW is calling for the Blue Oval to test all of the workers. Two more requests were made, namely an extra 20 minutes of break time and shutting the plant for 24 hours if someone tests positive.
In addition to this state of affairs, the Ford plant in Chicago’s South Side where the Explorer and Aviator are made has reported a positive case. Due to the high levels of absenteeism on the lines from regular workers, temporaries have been employed although “they don’t know the jobs.”
“The company had more new temporary workers than jobs so they could have workers double up on jobs,” said an employee of the Dearborn Truck Plant. “That means working shoulder to shoulder, they definitely are not six feet apart. Everyone started to refuse to work and the line was not running,” the FoMoCo worker who wishes to remain anonymous told Labor Notes.
The working place of approximately 4,400 people, the Dearborn Truck Plant is responsible for the F-150 line of half-ton pickup trucks and the F-150 Raptor dune basher. At the present moment, both it and the Chicago plant are back online following deep cleaning and disinfecting.
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The Lincoln Continental Is Dead Stateside, Production Moving To China

3 Jul 2020, 15:22 UTC ·
by Mircea Panait

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After merely four years of production, the Ford Fusion with a fancier badge and cooler trim for the interior will bite the dust. Lincoln has confirmed that 2020 is the final model year of the Continental in the United States, and along with it, the MKZ will be gone from the lineup as well.
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As highlighted by Automotive News, the luxury brand is going all in on utilities because that’s where the money is. Curiously, the front- and all-wheel-drive sedan will soldier on in the Middle Kingdom.
“But wait, the Continental isn’t made in China!” You are 100-percent right, dearest reader, but luxury sedans still are popular in the Asian country. Therefore, production will shift from Flat Rock to a Chinese plant that Ford has yet to name. Cadillac did the same thing to the CT6, discontinuing it stateside while shifting production to the People’s Republic.
Turning our attention back to the United States, the Lincoln brand won’t have a single passenger car in the lineup for the 2021 model year. Ford has recently stopped production of the Fusion as well, leaving the Mustang alone in a sea of crossovers and unibody or truck-based SUVs.
General Motors and Fiat Chrysler have yet to abandon passenger cars altogether, and curiously enough, Cadillac plans to get back in the game with an all-electric model. After rolling out the CT4 and CT5 with internal combustion, the Celestiq will launch next year as the luxury automaker’s flagship sedan on the BEV3 platform of the Lyriq crossover.
FCA is electrifying Dodge and Jeep. A mild-hybrid option for the Durango, plug-in hybrid versions of the Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer, and Wrangler, and the all-electric Wrangler are only a few of the newities that have been confirmed so far, either directly or indirectly.
Excluding the 300, Charger, and Challenger, the peeps at Chrysler have no conventional cars in the pipeline as far as we know.

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