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Fatal crashes involving Ford partially automated driving system prompt investigation

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[ Federal regulators have opened an investigation into Ford’s partially automated driving system after two fatal crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wrote in recent filings that its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) is looking into collisions involving Ford’s BlueCruise — which Ford describes as its “hands-free highway driving technology.” The feature includes a … Read more

Tesla’s Charging Network Is Now Open to Other EVs—and Ford Is First in Line

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[ Every six months, the automotive research company JD Power surveys some 5,000 US electric vehicle owners about their experiences driving their battery-powered cars. The latest edition of this survey, out this week, found that EV’s perennial bugbear is still bugbear-ing. In fact, it’s got worse: Drivers say they are even more dissatisfied with the … Read more

Ford Is Giving Away Free Tesla Charger Converters That Will Unlock a New World of EV Power

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[ Ford CEO Jim Farley hopped on Elon Musk’s X today to make an announcement relevant to Elon Musk’s Tesla: Ford will be giving away adapters so that its electric vehicles can easily charge on Tesla’s charging network. “We want to make charging more convenient for our Ford EV owners,” Farley wrote. The announcement underscored … Read more

JSW Group: Ford having a re-think on India exit? Cancels Chennai plant deal with JSW group

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[ NEW DELHI: Is Ford having a rethink on its India exit strategy? The Amercian car company has cancelled a potential deal with the JSW group for its Chennai plant, after holding very advanced-stage discussions, said sourcesWhile the company had also initiated talks with Mahindra & Mahindra previously and Taiwanese electric maker Vinfast recently for … Read more