/tags/ford Ford en-US Copyright Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:50:48 GMT /news-from-npr/2025-08-11/ford-says-it-will-roll-out-a-cheaper-electric-pickup-truck Ford announced it will retool its Louisville Assembly Plant to focus on electric trucks. Its goal: to bring down prices for U.S. buyers and compete with Chinese EV makers on the global market. Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:50:48 GMT /news-from-npr/2025-08-11/ford-says-it-will-roll-out-a-cheaper-electric-pickup-truck Camila Domonoske /news-from-npr/2025-01-23/ford-recalls-nearly-273-000-bronco-sports-and-mavericks-for-12-volt-battery-problems A manufacturing defect in the vehicles' 12-volt batteries can cause them to stall at low speeds, or not restart after stopping. The automaker will fix the flaw for free. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:09:49 GMT /news-from-npr/2025-01-23/ford-recalls-nearly-273-000-bronco-sports-and-mavericks-for-12-volt-battery-problems Camila Domonoske /news-from-npr/2024-05-01/ford-recalls-maverick-pickups-because-tail-lights-can-go-dark-increasing-crash-risk Ford is recalling nearly 243,000 Maverick small pickup trucks in the U.S. because the tail lights may not illuminate. The recall covers certain pickups from the 2022 through 2024 model years. Wed, 01 May 2024 17:06:18 GMT /news-from-npr/2024-05-01/ford-recalls-maverick-pickups-because-tail-lights-can-go-dark-increasing-crash-risk The Associated Press /news-from-npr/2024-04-17/ford-recalls-456-000-broncos-mavericks-that-may-lose-power-raising-crash-risks The automaker is recalling Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles due to a battery detection issue that can result in loss of drive power, increasing crash risks. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:27:30 GMT /news-from-npr/2024-04-17/ford-recalls-456-000-broncos-mavericks-that-may-lose-power-raising-crash-risks The Associated Press /news-from-npr/2024-02-17/autoworkers-threaten-to-strike-again-at-fords-huge-kentucky-truck-plant The United Auto Workers union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on Feb. 23 if a local contract dispute is not resolved. Sat, 17 Feb 2024 07:38:55 GMT /news-from-npr/2024-02-17/autoworkers-threaten-to-strike-again-at-fords-huge-kentucky-truck-plant The Associated Press /local-news/2023-10-23/ford-lays-off-workers-sharonville-plant-uaw-strike The Sharonville plant supplies transmissions to Ford's largest truck plant in Louisville, where UAW workers are currently participating in a national strike for better pay and benefits. Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:59:14 GMT /local-news/2023-10-23/ford-lays-off-workers-sharonville-plant-uaw-strike Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-10-06/striking-cincinnati-uaw-workers-gm-parts-distribution Two weeks into participating in a nationwide strike, workers at GM's Cincinnati Parts Distribution Center say they're staying on the picket line until a deal is reached Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:17:12 GMT /local-news/2023-10-06/striking-cincinnati-uaw-workers-gm-parts-distribution Nick Swartsell /local-news/2023-09-12/local-uaw-prepares-for-a-possible-strike Eighteen-hundred Ford employees at the Sharonville transmission plant say they are behind national UAW negotiators. Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:15:48 GMT /local-news/2023-09-12/local-uaw-prepares-for-a-possible-strike Ann Thompson /local-news/2020-10-05/new-sustainable-products-car-parts-made-from-coffee-and-plant-based-shoes Waste from the coffee you drank this morning at McDonald's may end up in a brand new Lincoln Continental. Reebok's new shoe offering this year is made… Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2020-10-05/new-sustainable-products-car-parts-made-from-coffee-and-plant-based-shoes Ann Thompson /ohio-news/2018-09-10/iconic-mustang-designer-returns-home-to-miami-valley The designer of an iconic automobile has come back home to Dayton. Gale Halderman was born in Tipp City. He graduated from Bethel High School in 1950... Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:00:33 GMT /ohio-news/2018-09-10/iconic-mustang-designer-returns-home-to-miami-valley Jerry Kenney