Hacker News with Generative AI: Ford

Ford's electric Mach-E outsold the gas-powered Mustang in 2024 (electrek.co)
Who said Ford’s electric crossover SUV wasn’t a real Mustang? The Mach-E outsold the gas-powered Ford Mustang for the first time last year as one of the top-selling EVs in the US.

Electric Vehicles, Ford, Automotive Industry, Sales

93 points by zfg 6 days ago | 92 comments

Ford to cut 14% of European jobs, blaming EV shift and rising competition (cnbc.com)

Ford, Automotive Industry, Europe, Job Cuts, Electric Vehicles

18 points by ivewonyoung 53 days ago | 11 comments

Ford to cut 4000 jobs in Europe, cites disruptive shift to EVs (torontosun.com)
Ford Motor Co. says it will reduce its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, citing headwinds from the economy and pressure from increased competition and weaker than expected sales of electric cars.

Ford, Automotive, Europe, Electric Vehicles, Layoffs

3 points by ivewonyoung 57 days ago | 1 comments

Since the '60s, Ford has stored cars underground in a Kansas City cave (hagerty.com)
You may have seen a photo floating around the Internet that depicts a gaggle of Mavericks—not the pickup, but the econo-coupe that preceded it—lurking in what appears to be some type of natural cave. Dig a little deeper, and you might even stumble across a sentence or two explaining that these unlikely spelunkers represent overstock stuffed by Ford into a subterranean system carved deep beneath the bedrock of Missouri.

Cars, History, Ford, Kansas City, Underground Storage

210 points by walterbell 72 days ago | 85 comments

Ford to Halt F-150 Lightning Production as EV Demand Wanes (bloomberg.com)
Ford Motor Co. plans to shut down the Michigan factory that produces its F-150 Lightning plug-in pickup truck, its signature electric vehicle, through the end of the year as demand for EVs continues to wane.

Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Business, Manufacturing, Ford

42 points by melling 79 days ago | 114 comments

Ford CEO: Driving a Xiaomi EV for the past 6 months; doesn't want to give it up (businessinsider.com)
Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a podcast interview that he'd been driving the Xiaomi SU7, an electric vehicle made by the Chinese electronics company, for the past six months.

Electric Vehicles, Automotive Industry, Xiaomi, Ford, China

8 points by NN88 86 days ago | 0 comments

Ford Loses $44,000 on Every EV Sells as It Switches to Hybrids (yahoo.com)

Ford, Electric Vehicles, Automobiles, Financial Performance, Hybrid Vehicles

5 points by XzetaU8 144 days ago | 9 comments

Review – Ford’s First Engine (sites.google.com)

History, Cars, Ford

70 points by 082349872349872 163 days ago | 14 comments

Ford spends $3B to expand large truck production in plant previously set for EVs (cnbc.com)

Automotive Industry, Ford, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicles

34 points by rntn 184 days ago | 110 comments

Taking a 100-Year-Old Model T to a Ford Dealer for Service [video] (youtube.com)