Ford partners
with utilities to discover plug-in impact
It's working with a research group from the electricity
supply industry to see what effect plug-in vehicles
might have on the power grid
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Ford integrates
its purchasing with global product groups
Product development and purchasing are brought into
alignment in Ford's next phase of corporate restructuring
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| Tata
completes purchase of Jaguar Land Rover
The Indian conglomerate pays $2.3 billion for
the UK-based Ford businesses and says it does
not expect significant change
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Kuga production
starts up at Saarlouis plant
Ford is aiming to produce 45,000 of the new crossover
at its German plant
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Ford pretax losses
cut to $2.7 billion in 2007
Does that look a dreadful figure? Well, it's a whole
heap better than it was the year before and Ford
is pretty upbeat about it
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GM and Ford claim
records for European sales
North American giants put aside their woes in their
home markets to announce record sales in Europe
in 2007
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Ford tries to
persuade US buyers of three-door charms
Much of its stand at the Detroit Auto Show is taken
up with small cars such as the Verve, which US buyers
have traditionally shunned in the past
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| Ford
to spend $500 million expanding in India
It plans a new small car for India and an engine
manufacturing plant by 2010
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| Ford
picks Tata for "more detailed" talks
on Jaguar
Tata Motors' potential acquisition of the Jaguar
and Land Rover brands from Ford moved a step closer
as it was picked for more detailed talks
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Ford
unveils €730m Romanian deal at Frankfurt
show
It's the expected deal for the former Daewoo plant,
but Ford plans to turn it into one of its major
European carmaking centres
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Ford
posts a profit in second quarter
It's made $750 million, but is warning that the
whole year figures still don't look all that great
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Ford
tries out first hydrogen racecar at Bonneville
The Fusion Hydrogen 999 achieved
334 km/h across the salt flats
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Ford
says it will spend €675 million in Romania
The US-owned group is the only bidder for the
Craiova plant formerly owned by Daewoo and has
big plans for it
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Ford
spends $100 million in St Petersburg
The aim is to expand production and put the new
Mondeo into the Russian plant
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Ford
appoints banks for Land Rover and Jaguar sale
Reports say luxury carmakers are to be sold off,
but there is no word on the fate of Volvo
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Navistar set
to sue Ford over F-150 engines
The truckmaker is alleging breach of contract
over engine supply for the pick-up
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Ford makes
big gains in annual quality report
Ford is the big winner in the annual J D Power
Initial Quality Survey for this year
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Production
ends at historic castings plant
Ford has come to the end of its final shift at
the Windsor castings plant in Ontario
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Big
Three discuss automotive issues with President
Chiefs from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler
have been to the White House to tell George W
what's what
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Ford
will buy lots more in China
It's aiming to increase its spending in the People's
Republic significantly in the next year or so
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Ford
and Chrysler suffer while GM does better
Results from the three big North American groups
make for interesting reading
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Ford
puts big money into CO2 research
European chief Lewis Booth announces mega-funding
for research into technologies that cut emissions
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Volvo
unit set to survive Ford's engine cull
The D5 turbodiesel is set to stay under the bonnets
of the Swedish brand until the middle of the next
decade
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Ford
revises hybrid targets for wider fuel spread
The global car giant says its plans for hybrids
need revising downwards and more will go into
alternative fuels such as bioethanol
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Ford
at the 2006 Detroit Show
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Ford
and Fiat to make small cars in Europe
The next-generation Fiat 500 and Ford Ka will
be jointly developed.
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Ford
commits to expand alternative fuel availability
Committing itself to expand the fuelling infrastructure
to support flexible fuel vehicles in the US capable
of running on up to 85 per cent ethanol , Ford
has gone into partnership with VeraSun Energy,
a renewable energy company.
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Ford
and Boeing collaborate on nanotechnology
Ford, Boeing and the Northwestern University of
Evanston are in final negotiations to form a new
alliance to research commercial applications of
nanotechnology.
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Ford's
first Sustainability Report
Ford Motor Company's first Sustainability Report,
Our Route to Sustainability, is now available
to download.
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Ford
at the 2005 IAA Show
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