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Pickup Trucks Will Provide The First Glimpse At An All-Electric Future
Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 9:45am | 1194Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is the first brand on everyone's minds when it comes to EVs. But despite its stunning performance this year which fuelled a 500% gain, Tesla is no longer free of competitors. Besides Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) whose Badger is set to compete directly with Tesla...
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Ford Recalls 2.5M Cars In The US As Faulty Door Latch Can Potentially Cause Injury
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 7:42am | 246The Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) on Wednesday announced it was recalling about 2.5 million vehicles in the United States due to safety lapses. What Happened The Detroit-based automaker said, "affected vehicles may not have had all door latches replaced or correctly replaced when repaired...
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Ford Collaborates With GE, Plans To Make 50,000 Ventilators In Michigan In 3 Months
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 2:30am | 461Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is collaborating with GE Healthcare to manufacture 50,000 ventilators in Michigan over the next 100 days to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. What Happened The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared GE/Airon Model A-E ventilator for production, which is...
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Concept Vehicles Push The Electromobility Envelop At Detroit Auto Show
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 5:54pm | 1080DETROIT. Not surprisingly, one of the big themes at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit is electric and electromobility. Journalists are getting a look at the future this week in the preview portion of the show before its public opening later in the week. To say any...
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Buffett Says Driverless Vehicles Are Good For The World, But Bad For His Bottom Line
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 3:41pm | 501Warren Buffett had to laugh when he was asked whether driverless vehicles would hurt or help his GEICO insurance company and his Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC railroad holdings. “I would say driverless trucks are a lot more of a threat than an opportunity to the Burlington Northern,...
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Auto Companies Crush July Expectations
Monday, August 3, 2015 - 3:32pm | 814A host of automotive companies released their U.S. sales figures for the month of July on Monday. Forecasts at the end of last month by JD Power and Kelley Blue Book both anticipated more than a 3 percent year-over-year increase and the highest sales total for the month in over a decade. The...
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Are Shares Of Ford Setting Up For A Big Fall Sooner Than Later?
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 2:48pm | 431Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) have been back in bearish mode after staging an upside try from October of 2014 to March of this year. The downside that has occurred since the March peak at just under $17 may just be the beginning, though, as the technical crowd is pointing to a possible drop to the...
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Ford Adding F-150 Fleet Of CNG Powered Vehicles (F)
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 2:32pm | 591A resurgence in demand for trucks, coupled with a desire to cut operating costs on the part of commercial fleet buyers, led Ford Motor (NYSE: F) to announce that later this year it will begin selling an F-150 pickup modified to run on compressed natural gas, according to The Wall Street Journal...
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From Cylinder Heads to Shoes, 3-D Printing Goes Mainstream
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 3:30pm | 582The novelty of 3-D printing is wearing off and being replaced by economic practicality. The Wall Street Journal said, Wednesday that mainstream companies such as General Electric (NYSE: GE), Ford Motor (NYSE: F), and Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) are now utilizing 3-D printers to save money and improve...
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Ford and Fellow U.S. Automakers Winning Market Share Battle
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 12:28pm | 570Demand for cars and trucks is up. U.S. automakers have noticed and are responding. Bloomberg noted Wednesday that number two U.S. automaker, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), will add the capacity to build 200,000 more vehicles a year in North America. All this based on increased demand for Ford’s F-...
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The Top 10 Fortune 500 Companies for 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 2:21pm | 73This year's list of Fortune 500 companies was released yesterday to much fanfare. Among the highlights was Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) regaining the top spot and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) making the top ten for the first time. Benzinga has you covered with a list of the top ten, including each company's 2012...
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General Motors CEO Says April Sales Will Mirror March
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 8:38am | 591General Motors(NYSE: GM) Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson told The Detroit News Wednesday he's expecting April auto sales to be about the same as those posted in March. Among Akerson’s concerns – low consumer confidence in the U.S. and weak sales and a weak economy in Europe. GM lost $1.8 billion...
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NHTSA Urges Automakers to Dial Back On Behind-the-Wheel Technology
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 9:19am | 544Apparently tweeting the fact that you are updating your Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) status while checking your location on satellite image GPS all at the same time isn’t such a good idea. At least not while driving down the freeway at 70 mph. So said the Transportation Department in non-binding...
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Howard Stern Loses Appeal, But Does Sirius XM Win in the End?
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 12:17pm | 609Give shock jock Howard Stern credit. Despite a five-year deal worth $500 million, Stern felt he was owed another $330 million in stock bonuses from Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) – and went to court over it. Stern had claimed that Sirius should count subscribers to the former XM Satellite Radio,...
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Deutsche Bank Gives Update On Ford
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 8:39am | 216Deutsche Bank is maintaining its Buy rating and its $19 price target on Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) after the company' presented at Deutsche Bank's Industrials Conference. Says Deutsche Bank, in the report “…management also provided some commentary on the near term outlook, suggesting that Q2...