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Ford to build light utility vehicle factory in Romania Ford has announced it will invest $300 million in the production of a new light commercial vehicle at its Romanian assembly plant in Craiova, with production scheduled to start in 2023. An all-electric version of this commercial vehicle model will debut in 2024. With the investment of the equivalent of 249 million euros, Craiova would be Ford’s third location in Europe where fully electric vehicles come off the production line – alongsi...

Author Bio John Rosevear is the senior auto specialist for Fool.com. John has been writing about the auto business and investing for over 20 years, and for The Motley Fool since 2007. Follow @john__rosevear Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said that its sales in Europe rose 7.7% in the first quarter from a year ago, and 70.6% in March, a year after the initial coronavirus outbreak idled most of its factories in the region.  In the first three months of 2021, Ford sold almos...

Verdict The short journeys that the Transit Custom PHEV has been doing are hiding the shortcomings of its poor cold-weather battery range. Warmer temperatures are already improving this, but it’ll be interesting to see what happens once lockdown eases and we can venture farther afield. Mileage: 4,792 Economy: 66.3mpg On paper, it seemed like a good plan. We tested a Ford Tourneo Custom PHEV, the petrol-electric people-carrying variant of the big-selling Transit Custom van a while back. It wa...

As a global semiconductor shortage continues to impact automakers worldwide, Ford Motor Co. has announced more shutdowns at several of its U.S. assembly plants, including its Kentucky Truck Plant. Company spokeswoman Kelli Felker said a fire at a supplier facility in Japan and severe winter storms in Texas are driving additional changes at Ford, which already has had schedule changes and closures at multiple plants this year. Two weeks will be added to the previously announced shutdown startin...

The ongoing global shortage of semiconductors continues to hit the production schedules and bottom lines of automakers, with Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday announcing the extension of down time and new impacts at several of its plants. The Dearborn automaker confirmed to The Detroit News that it will extend down time at plants in Chicago, Michigan and Missouri, reduce production at an Ohio plant, and schedule down time and cancel overtime shifts at a plant in Kentucky in the coming weeks.  Autom...

Ford to close Flat Rock Assembly Plant for additional 2 weeks due to chip shortage By Amber Ainsworth DETROIT (FOX 2) - Ford Motor Co. will shutter several plants this spring, including the Flat Rock Assembly Plant, due to a semiconductor shortage. The Flat Rock plant will be closed the weeks of April 19 and April 26. The plant is closed this week, too. Other North American plant closures include the Chicago Assembly Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant during the weeks of April 19 and 26. A...

Ford announces more shutdowns at assembly plants, including Kentucky Truck plant Emma Austin, Louisville Courier Journal As a global semiconductor shortage continues to impact automakers worldwide, Ford Motor Co. has announced more shutdowns at several of its U.S. assembly plants, including its Kentucky Truck Plant. Research Volvo Company spokeswoman Kelli Felker said a fire at a supplier facility in Japan and severe winter storms in Texas are driving additional changes at Ford...

Trending "Im talking about fresh agricultural produce, services, the digital economy, public procurement, and maybe also increasing the incentives for mutual investment in each others markets," he told the news agency. And pointing out that the UK had become too dependent on China, he said: "The UK wants to find other suppliers. “It happens in our locality, there is a relatively low-cost supplier with a wide manufacturing base, which manufactures to European standards. “And thats called Tur...

Ford has confirmed that European market models of the next-generation Transit Custom, including all-electric and hybrid variants, will be built in Turkey from 2023. All versions of the next-generation Transit Custom will be built by Ford Otosan, the company’s joint venture in Kocaeli, Turkey. The next-generation 1-tonne commercial vehicle from Volkswagen will also be built at the same factory as part of the Ford-Volkswagen Alliance. 2021 Ford Transit Custom Trail “The next generation Transi...

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