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Ford Motor Co. is predicting a stronger 2026 after the automaker posted a net loss of $8.2 billion last year from special charges related to redeploying assets for its electric vehicle business.

Without those, the Dearborn automaker's adjusted operating profit was $6.8 billion. The company expects adjusted operating income of $8 billion to $10 ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will pay profit-sharing bonuses of approximately $6,780 to hourly autoworkers in the United States for 2025.

The total amount for employees could be above or below that depending on compensated hours for the 56,300 eligible employees and another 1,490 workers who retired last year. The amount is down 34% from the ...Read more

Moody’s Ratings downgraded Stellantis NV’s credit rating, citing the carmaker’s warning that a recovery in profitability will take longer than expected due to the costs of scaling back its electric vehicle plans.

The ratings company moved Stellantis down one notch to Baa3 from Baa2, according to a statement. Baa3 is the lowest level ...Read more

Luxury-brand (and luxury-priced) vehicles have -- arguably -- been diminished by the fact that many of them have the same size and type of engine that non-luxury-brand vehicles have.

That size and type being a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine.

The Cadillac XT5 also comes with one of those. But -- for the moment -- it is also still ...Read more

DEARBORN, Michigan — New pushes for anti-drunken driving policies have been underway as deadlines to set standards for technologies that monitor for impairment and distraction in future cars and trucks have come and gone. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, in December introduced a bill that would order car and truck makers to add alcohol ...Read more

In recent years, the Chicago Auto Show has been steering toward electric vehicles, following the ambitious state and national agenda to convert the industry from combustion engines to cleaner technology, incentivized by governmental tax credits and rebates.

While EVs are still center stage at the 2026 auto show, which opens today at McCormick ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Ford Motor Co. employee who heckled President Donald Trump during a January visit to the company's Dearborn Truck Plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official confirmed Monday.

"TJ, we got your back," United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech ...Read more

Stellantis NV on Friday sold its 49% stake in a Canadian battery plant for $100 after the automaker behind brands including Jeep and Dodge announced $26.5 billion in electric vehicle-related losses amid a major pivot back to gas-powered vehicles.

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution now fully owns the Windsor, Ontario, battery plant ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — America's car dealers are coming to a stark realization: The new vehicles on their lots too often cost too much, and that could create trouble for their businesses in 2026.

As the economy enters a moment of uncertainty, attendees of the annual National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Las Vegas last week kept ...Read more

Tesla, the 23-year-old company that brought green cars into the mainstream, has been pushed off its perch as the world's top electric vehicle seller.

Chinese EV manufacturer BYD sold hundreds of thousands more cars last year, and it's not just in China.

In most of the countries where the Chinese titan went head-to-head with Tesla — including...Read more

BMW’s iX model is a a luxury EV market that solves a key problem of the market segment: comfort.

The iX model’s $100K+ base price tag is par for the course in the luxury SUV market. But for that amount of money, consumers demands often surpass the quality that manufacturers deliver.

Most EV drivers mainly use their vehicles for day-trips ...Read more

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — The station wagon is back. And from an unlikely source.

My Toyota Crown Signia is long, sleek and roomy. Remove the badge and you might mistake the profile for the Volvo V90 Cross Country or Audi A6 Allroad, European stalwarts in the midsize wagon business. While wagons are common across the Atlantic pond, we Yanks ...Read more