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Retail Asia22/11/2023

Ford has recalled 1,182 Everest and Explorer SUVs in Vietnam for engine control module software failure and a rearview camera display error. The Everest recall involves 185 vehicles, all produced at Ford’s factory in Thailand between June 28, 2022, and April 4 this year The American carmaker said the software failure causes the AdBlue warning […]

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Retail Asia03/11/2023

Pham Van Dung, former CEO of Ford Vietnam, and Nguyen Thien Minh, co-founder of ride-hailing app Be, have taken up jobs at transport services provider Tasco. Dung has become chairman of SVC Holdings, a Tasco subsidiary and Vietnam’s biggest car distributor with a market share of 11.2%. Minh is the new chairman of Vietnam Electronic […]

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Retail Asia18/09/2023

Ford is recalling more than 3,200 Everest and Explorer SUVs to fix a battery fault, incorrectly installed exhaust filters, and faulty camera control software. In the case of the Everest, 1,256 cars manufactured between Nov. 24, 2021, and Feb. 3, 2023, have a low-battery charge fault, which could cause the transmission to engage “park” while […]

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Retail Asia31/10/2022

There has already been speculation about it, now it’s official. After 47 years and over 18 million units, production of the Ford Fiesta will end in the summer of 2023, as electric vehicles are on the brand’s agenda in the future. Developed as the “Bobcat” project, the first Ford Fiesta was launched in 1976. Developed at […]

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Retail Asia07/09/2022

Ford India has made the ‘final’ settlement offer to the workers of its Chennai plant, offering a deadline of September 23, 2022 to accept it. The American carmaker, who announced its plan to stop manufacturing vehicles in India last year, has continuously been in failed negotiations with the Chennai Ford Employees Union (CFEU) regarding the severance package […]

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Retail Asia19/05/2022

Ford Europe together with 27 companies has joined an appeal to the European Union (EU) to ensure all new cars and vans in Europe are zero-emission from 2035 and to establish mandatory targets for charging infrastructure. The appeal insists that removing fossil fuel-burning vehicles from the road is imperative for Europe to reach its goal […]

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Retail Asia12/05/2022

Ford India has shelved its plans to manufacture EVs in India. The carmaker had as part of its ongoing business restructuring applied for the Indian Government’s Product Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. Under the PLI scheme, Ford had considered utilizing one of its two manufacturing facilities to manufacture EVs for exports and domestic markets though it […]

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Retail Asia12/04/2022

City Auto Corp, Vietnam’s largest Ford dealer, reported profits of VND51.8 billion (US$2.27 million) last year, a 36-fold rise from 2020. But it sold only 4,580 vehicles, 29 percent fewer than in 2020, and the increased profitability was due to the average price of each rising by 13 percent to VND915 million. The company attributed […]

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Retail Asia29/03/2022

Ford Motor said on Monday vehicle production and orders in Europe have been hit by the global semiconductor shortage as well as the conflict in Ukraine. The U.S. automaker said it will idle its German plants in Saarlouis and Cologne, mostly due to the global chip shortage. That also led it to stop taking new […]

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Retail Asia06/12/2021

Ford Motor expects to be the world’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer within two years, with an annual production capacity of nearly 600,000, a top company executive said Friday. The automaker’s optimism stems from the increasing demand for its next new EV, the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup, with retail reservations approaching 200,000, Lisa Drake, chief operating […]

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Retail Asia12/08/2021

Ford is delaying shipments of Mach-E electric vehicles due to the global chip shortage that’s causing problems across all manner of industries. The company told affected owners their deliveries will be delayed by at least six weeks. In an effort to make up for the delay, Ford is offering an additional 250kWh worth of charging on the house, which should […]

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Retail Asia06/07/2021

Rivian is one of the hottest EV startups doing the rounds. It has deep pockets thanks to investments from Ford, Amazon, and many venture capital firms. Amazon’s investment in Rivian originally was $700 million which entailed the startup producing 100,000 electric delivery trucks. It was supposed to be delivering the first tranche of 10,000 vehicles […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2021

The auto financing arms of Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co plan to stop giving new credit to car buyers and dealers in India and will exit from the country, sources aware of the development told Reuters. Volkswagen Finance Private Ltd, the German carmaker’s finance arm, stopped giving loans to car buyers in India last […]

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Retail Asia30/04/2021

Ford Motor Co expects to firm up capital allocation plans for India in the second half of 2021, a senior executive said in an email to staff, as the automaker overhauls its strategy in a loss-making market. Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford has tasked senior executive Steven Armstrong with evaluating investment plans for India in his new […]

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Retail Asia28/04/2021

Ford is planning to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of 2022 according to a report published by IANS. The American carmaker says that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles and the 2,00,000 sq.ft. will be equipped to design, test, and even for small manufacturing of battery […]

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Retail Asia04/03/2021

Ford Vietnam has issued a recall order of 2,470 Ranger and Everest vehicles to update the software in the transmission control module (TCM) and powertrain control module (PCM). The recall program will begin on March 16 this year and last until March 15, 2023. The affected vehicles were produced between September 2019 to February 2020 […]

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Retail Asia17/02/2021

Ford Motor Co has dissolved its stake in Velodyne Lidar Inc, a maker of sensors used in self-driving cars, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. As of Sept. 30, Ford had a passive stake of 7.6% or 13.07 million shares in Velodyne. Velodyne is one of several companies vying to supply automakers with lidar, […]

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Retail Asia08/02/2021

Ford announced Thursday it is accelerating its investment in electric cars, but cautioned that the industry-wide shortage of semiconductors would pinch profits in 2021. The US auto giant, released fourth-quarter and annual results and said it plans $22 billion in electric car investment through 2025, nearly twice the earlier plan. The announcement is the latest […]

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Retail Asia03/02/2021

If it often befuddled you why carmakers like Ford were developing their own car infotainment system software, then that’s about to change. Ford has stated that starting in 2023, it will be turning to Google’s Android Automotive platform for the operating system of its vehicles and this will not be a one-off thing but rather […]

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Retail Asia27/11/2020

Quality is once again Job One at Ford Motor Co. Taking a page from the automaker’s ad slogan of the 1980s and ’90s, Ford’s new chief executive, Jim Farley, is aiming to rein in rising warranty repair costs that are a key reason why the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker’s financial performance in North America has lagged […]

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