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Ford in talks with another auto firm for Chennai unit handover: TN govt

Last year, Ford was in talks with Ola and M&M for contract manufacturing or for sale of both plants. It isn't clear whether the current talks are with the same companies or not

Ford to stop making vehicles in India amid mounting losses and poor sales

Ford had been rethinking its India operations even before it had initiated discussion with Mahindra & Mahindra in 2019

Top headlines: Ford India to cease production; ECB eases pandemic support

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Thursday

Ford asks US patent office to rescind GM's Cruise, Super Cruise trademarks

The legal fight between the two Detroit automakers turns on whether "cruise" is a generic term for technology that allows the car to take over some share of driving tasks from a human motorist

Workers at Ford's Chennai plant stage protest to seek halt amid Covid surge

The incident is the latest expression of discontent and reluctance among factory employees in Tamil Nadu, home to India's flourishing automobile industry, to work amid a surge in virus infections

Global chip drought hits Apple, Samsung, BMW, Ford as crisis worsens

Caterpillar Inc. later flagged it may be unable to meet demand for machinery used by the construction and mining industries

Dogecoin's $50-billion market cap makes it bigger than Ford and Kraft

Meanwhile, other cryptocurrencies have been mired in a slump as euphoria from Coinbase Global Inc.'s listing wears off

Volkswagen, Ford unveil SUVs at China auto show under virus controls

This comes ahead of the opening Monday of the Shanghai auto show

Ford details new production cuts due to global chip shortage: Details here

Ford said in March it expected the semiconductor shortage to cost between $1 billion and $2.5 billion

Ford and Mahindra to end collaboration on all projects in India

Michigan-based Ford entered India 25 years ago, but it has only a 2% share of a market dominated by Suzuki Motor Corp and Hyundai Motor's extensive line-up of mainly low-cost cars

Ford to update financial impact of global chip shortage next month

Ford said, while announcing the latest North American production cuts at seven plants due to the global chip shortage, that it would provide an update on April 28 to the expected hit to 2021 profit

Saudi local office must for foreign firms to get state contracts from 2024

The government has told foreign companies that, from 2024, they can only secure state contracts if they have local offices

Tesla's Chinese rival Nio suspends production on chip shortage

Top automakers such as Ford, Honda, GM and Volkswagen were caught off guard by the shortage even as auto demand picked up during the Covid-19 pandemic

Ford partners with University of Michigan on robotics research, building

In November, Ford revealed plans to transform a long-vacant Detroit book warehouse into a hub for automobile innovation

Tesla, Ford only carmakers in US not to have gone bankrupt, says Elon Musk

As several carmakers bleed in the US and beyond, Tesla is profitable and according to Elon Musk, his electric car company and Ford are the only two carmakers in the US which have not gone bankrupt

Ford puts projects with M&M on hold as it reassesses India strategy: Report

NEW DELHI/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor has frozen all projects it was working on with Mahindra & Mahindra while it finalises a new India strategy, three people familiar with the U.S. carmaker's plans told Reuters, weeks after the two companies called off their planned joint venture.

Ford Motor Co, Google join hands to offer cloud-based data services

Ford will offer its customers built-in Google apps, including its map and voice technology. It will deploy Google artificial intelligence technology to improve the efficiency of vehicle development

Ford, Alphabet's Google join hands to offer cloud-based data services

As part of a six-year partnership, the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will incorporate the tech giant's Android operating system into its Ford and Lincoln vehicles starting in 2023

Ford to recall 3 million vehicles for air bags at $610 million cost

The recall includes 2.7 million US vehicles

Ford joins top automakers to halt production due to semiconductor shortage

Ford has joined Nissan, Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota who have curtailed production amid a global semiconductor shortage, delaying the production of some vehicles