More money is being pledged in Michigan for the development of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant after Ford said it would pause construction until it’s sure it can run the factory competitively.

The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three factories as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers.

Ford says it will start shipping new versions of the Mustang muscle car next week, and more than two thirds of the orders are for 5-liter V-8 engines.

New Jersey officials are suing Ford Motor Co. because they say the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe by dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a former mine.

Ford Motor Company has settled claims by 40 U.S. state attorneys general that the company made misleading claims about the fuel economy and payload capacity of some of its vehicles.

Ford and security company ADT have formed a joint venture that will help businesses protect vehicles and expensive equipment they carry from theft.

Ford Motor Co. is in talks with a computer chip maker GlobalFoundaries Inc. to shore up its semiconductor supplies as it tries to avoid factory shutdowns in the future.

Lesa Tard expects to serve up more hot wings and cheeseburgers when the clean energy revolution comes to Stanton, Tennessee, with Ford’s plans to build a factory to produce electric pickups.

Ford say it’s going to stop making vehicles for sale in India immediately as part of its efforts to return its business there to profitability, resulting in the loss of approximately 4,000 jobs.

The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.

A new electric version of Ford’s immensely popular F-150 pickup truck might just be the catalyst that hastens America’s transition from gasoline to battery powered vehicles.

Ford is forming a joint venture that will build two North American factories to make make batteries for roughly 600,000 electric vehicles per year by mid-decade.

Ford wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, so it plans to build a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year.

FILE - This March 12, 2020 file photo shows an aerial view of a Ford Motor Company factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in the greater Sao Paulo area, Brazil. Ford Motor said on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, it will close three plants in Brazil and stop producing automobiles in the South American country, but will keep its South America headquarters, product development center and proving grounds in Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)SAO PAULO – Ford Motor Co. said Monday it will close three plants in Brazil and stop producing automobiles in the South American country where it has been operating since 1919. The automaker also said it will keep its South America headquarters, product development center and proving grounds in Brazil. Figures of the association of automakers in Brazil said Ford ended 2020 as the fifth highest selling company of the sector, with a market share of 7%.

Ford Motor Company donated face masks and face shields to the Wytheville Fire & Rescue Department. The department plans to share the 18,000 face masks and 2,000 face shields with other first responders and public safety agencies in Wythe County. Ford Motor Company donated face masks and face shields to the Wytheville Fire & Rescue Department. (Wytheville Fire & Rescue Department)Wytheville Fire & Rescue plans to deliver the masks from their 1919 Ford Model T American La France fire engine, which they showcased on Thursday along with the donations. The Virginia State Police, Wytheville Police Department and Wythe County Community Hospital are among the agencies who will be receiving donations.

Ford Motor Company has been assisting in the fight from the beginning, and Local 4s Dr. Frank McGeorge was given a unique firsthand opportunity to test out one of their pieces of protective gear. Like most personal protective equipment, Fords product is in high demand, which is why the automaker stepped in to help produce it. Dr. McGeorge wore Fords protective equipment for two night shifts. Interestingly, when he went into a room to see patients, they werent even phased by it since everyone is wearing masks anyway. With Fords equipment, they could see his entire face.

DETROIT - There apparently will be no repeat of the painful and expensive six-week strike by General Motors workers at rival automaker Ford. While there had been some preliminary talks between the union and Ford before and even during the GM strike, Ford negotiations only moved to the front burner for the union on Monday. The deal still needs to be ratified by the 55,000 union members at Ford before it can go into effect. But it always seemed unlikely that the Ford workers would follow GM workers out on strike. The workers at Ford will likely get many of the same terms as found in the GM contract.