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GovernmentBusiness

Ford Concerned NAFTA Rule Changes Wouldn’t Preserve US Jobs

Ford Motor Co., the largest producer of cars and trucks in the United States, remains concerned about major modifications to the North American Free Trade Agreement, even after President Donald Trump’s negotiators were said to have softened demands.

April 5, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Toyota Warns That Some Rivals Are Skipping Steps in Race to Autonomy

As the global auto industry vies to deploy driverless cars, some contenders may be cutting corners in a bid to get ahead, warned Jack Hollis, group vice president of U.S. sales for the Toyota brand.

March 28, 2018
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Where Rosie Once Riveted, Vehicles Will Now Drive Themselves

Self-driving cars will begin taking test laps this December on the site of a famous World War II airplane factory in Michigan where Rosie the Riveter helped produce a shiny B-24 Liberator bomber every hour more than seven decades ago.

August 25, 2017
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyAutonomous

As Robots Take the Wheel, Driving Skills Begin to Hit the Skids

If your car can hit the brakes in an emergency and check your blind spots, will that make you a worse driver? Increasingly, automakers are worrying it may.

August 10, 2017
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Billions Will Be Blown in Race to Field First Self-Driving Cars

The race to field the first autonomous car will be a Darwinian exercise, with more than 50 major competitors reduced to a handful of winners over the next decade, according to a new study by consultant AlixPartners.

July 12, 2017
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

Human Drivers Are Afraid to Hand the Wheel to Robots

Autonomous autos are advancing so rapidly that companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo are beginning to offer robot rides to everyday consumers. But it turns out the traveling public may not be ready.

June 15, 2017
Government

Ford Fires Back at Trump, Citing Booming US Commercial-Truck Output

Ford Motor Co., pushing back against criticism by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for moving work to Mexico, is highlighting its booming business in big trucks after shifting production to an Ohio factory from south of the border.

September 19, 2016
BusinessTechnology

Robot-Vehicle Ethics Need Urgent Societal Review, Bill Ford Says

The great-grandson of Henry Ford called on the auto industry and public institutions to address ethical issues emerging in a world where robot vehicles will make life-and-death decisions in roadway crashes — and to do it soon.

September 13, 2016
Business

Ford Profit Beats Estimates as Buyers Pay Up for F-150 Truck

Ford Motor Co. posted a 44% surge in second-quarter profit, exceeding analysts' estimates thanks to consumers paying big money for fully loaded versions of the new aluminum-body150 pickup.

July 28, 2015
SafetyBusiness

Atlanta: Dangerous Hot Spot of Twisting Highways

It was almost midnight when Walter Price eased his 18-wheeler into the right lane on Interstate 75 near Atlanta. As he began to bank onto the exit ramp he’d been taking for the past 10 years, Price had no idea he was entering America’s most dangerous hot zone for truck drivers.

March 30, 2015