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21/03/2025Automotive News

Ford Oakville plant’s switch to EVs will start in 2024

Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday said the previously announced $1.3 billion transformation of its Oakville Assembly Plant for electric vehicle manufacturing will begin in the second quarter of next year and take about six months to complete.

During that time some of the 3,000 workers at the Ontario, Canada, the site will be furloughed, although the company expects to retain virtually all of the employees when the plant comes back online at the end of 2024.

Ford said the site, which currently builds the gasoline-powered Edge and Lincoln Nautilus crossovers, will be renamed the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex and include

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19/03/2025Automotive News

15 questions with Coralee Zueff

Coralee Zueff is a service adviser and coach, and author of Five Star Service Advisor.

First car: A 1986 Chevy Sprint, red, with a manual, but, shortly after that I got myself a 1987 Dodge Daytona with a turbo! Loved that car, and now I would love to get a 1987 Shelby Charger.

First concert you attended: Sean Paul

Name a pet peeve: Being late

Most thrilling/adventurous thing you’ve done: I scuba dive to 100 feet, rock climb and autocross fairly regularly, so being adventurous is normal for me. After I understand an activity and how to be safe,

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17/03/2025Automotive News

Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Fix a Damaged Windshield

We’ve all seen other drivers going down the road with a cracked or otherwise damaged windshield. Perhaps you’ve even done it yourself. As long as you can see, why should you worry about fixing something right away? Unfortunately, procrastination can be one of your worst enemies when it comes to repairing your windshield. The following are several reasons you shouldn’t wait to get your windshield repaired.

Poor Visibility

Car manufacturers spend a lot of time designing their cars with safety in mind. This extends to the design of the windshield as well. While a small chip may not affect your

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15/03/2025Automotive News

LUXURY: Tesla Q1 sales more than double those of BMW

The entire US luxury sector sales rose 23 percent to 616,970 cars and light trucks in the first quarter, outperforming the broader industry’s 8.4 percent bump.

In the first quarter, BMW sales rose 12 percent, and the automaker secured a more than 14,000 vehicle advantage over No. 3 Lexuses. The Toyota luxury brand delivered 68,251 vehicles, up 6 percent from a year earlier.

BMW, which commanded a 13 percent share of the luxury segment, extended its lead over German rival Mercedes-Benz with a more than 20,000-vehicle advantage.

Mercedes’ sales of 61,531 were down 1.2 percent from the prior year as

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10/03/2025Automotive News

Ford withdraws petition to deploy self-driving vehicles

WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co. has withdrawn its petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without traditional driving controls or features on US roads, an unpublished federal document shows.

In the notice, which is scheduled to be published Friday, NHTSA said Ford has withdrawn its July 2021 request for a temporary exemption from certain federal safety standards for a vehicle equipped with an automated driving system.

Ford sought an exemption from seven safety standards to deploy vehicles that would be used to support mobility services such as ride-sharing and package delivery, according to the petition.

Ford notified NHTSA

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06/03/2025Automotive News

Ford increases F-150 Lightning prices

Ford is again increasing the price of some models of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup, with the base model now starting at $61,869, including shipping—up about 50 percent over the initial starting price when the truck launched in April 2022.

The price hikes come as the automaker reopens retail order banks for current reservation holders, resumes vehicle shipments and returns to full production at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center following a February battery fire.

The automaker said the price for the Lariat standard range model will jump from $76,369 to $77,869, while the Platinum model will jump from $98,769 to

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04/03/2025Automotive News

Rivian, Lucid sales remain slugish in Q1 forecast

Electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive is trying to scale up its Illinois factory to turn out 50,000 vehicles this year, but Cox Automotive estimates first-quarter deliveries of just 8,145 units, for a 1.1 percent gain over the previous quarter.

Luxury EV maker Lucid Motors is growing at a clip faster, but Cox projects deliveries of 1,344 vehicles in the January to March period. That represents a 27 percent increase vs. fourth-quarter 2022, but it’s a slow start for Lucid to meet its 2023 guidance of 14,000 Air sedans.

The two startups are cutting costs and laying off workers a year

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28/02/2025Automotive News

How BMW plans to lower battery costs for electric cars

BERLIN — BMW is betting on efficient design and recycling to bring down battery costs and is steering clear of investing in mines, finance chief Nicolas Peter said, setting the automaker apart from some competitors digging deep into the supply chain.

“We don’t think it is right to invest in mines. We view it as more important to get back raw materials from cars and other products,” Peter told Reuters in an interview on Friday.

Peter, who is due to retire in May, also said the carmaker was experiencing a strong first quarter and said he saw no reason to

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