Latest News Updates From Keith Naughton

Ford posted earnings ahead of Wall Street estimates and raised its outlook for the second time this year on higher prices and strong sales of high-margin SUVs.

Over the last three years, Ford says it has hired 350 veteran engineers to help address seemingly intractable quality woes that have cost the automaker billions. 

Ford is in negotiations with defense departments in Europe and North America to supply pickup trucks and software to their armed forces.

Designers and engineers are working on simplifying and speeding up development of what the company says will be a sleek, lightweight plug-in pickup truck.

Ford boosted its full-year profit outlook on strong demand for high-margin pickups and SUVs while warning that a rise in commodity costs will weigh on earnings. 

Ford denied a news report that it has held talks with Geely Automobile Holdings about bringing Chinese car technology to the U.S. market.

Just days after saying Chinese carmakers should be kept out of America, Ford CEO Jim Farley said his company is looking to expand business ties to Chinese automakers.

Ford's top EV executive is leaving the company as part of a sweeping reorganization to merge its EV and manufacturing operations.

Ford's top executive says allowing Chinese automakers to sell their cars in the U.S. would be “devastating” to American manufacturing.

Ford will issue an over-the-air software update for trailer control modules in the affected vehicles. The glitch affects some F-150 pickups from the 2021 through 2026 model years.