Mike Martinez
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Automotive News reporter covering Ford and the UAW.
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Jackie Charniga
about 1 year ago
Wrote this highly personal piece about my family this week. Check it out!
www.freep.com/story/money/...
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How UAW benefits shaped an immigrant family
He had been dead 42 years, but my great-uncle's benefits sustained and, in many ways, shaped the remainder of my great-aunt’s life.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2025/02/19/how-uaw-benefits-shaped-an-immigrant-family/78062537007/
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Ford CEO Jim Farley: “President Trump has talked a lot about making our U.S. auto industry stronger...So far what we’re seeing is a lot of cost and a lot of chaos.”
www.autonews.com/ford/an-farl...
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Trump creating ‘cost and chaos,’ Ford CEO Jim Farley says
Farley said long-term 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico "would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we have never seen."
https://www.autonews.com/ford/an-farley-trump-cost-chaos/
about 1 year ago
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Ford is repaying dealers for part of the cost of the EV chargers they were required to install as part of a now-discontinued program. Some retailers can get as much as $240,000 back.
www.autonews.com/events/nada-...
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Ford reimbursing dealers for EV charger installations
Ford is paying back retailers as much as $240,000 over the next few years for investments they had been required to make to continue selling F-150 Lightnings, Mustang Mach-Es and E-Transits.
https://www.autonews.com/events/nada-show/an-ford-dealer-ev-compensation/
about 1 year ago
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Scenes from the Detroit auto show: The Ford Ranger gets its decal for winning NACTOY Truck of the Year. It's the fifth-straight win for a Ford truck. Our story:
www.autonews.com/events/detro...
about 1 year ago
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A sales milestone for Ford's electric Mustang Mach-E: it outsold the gas-powered Mustang by nearly 8,000 units in 2024, the first time since it went on sale in late 2020.
www.autonews.com/ford/an-mach...
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Electric Mustang Mach-E outsells gasoline Mustang for first time
Sales of the gasoline-powered Mustang fell 9.5 percent to its lowest level in at least two decades amid supplier challenges, Ford said.
https://www.autonews.com/ford/an-mache-outsells-mustang/
about 1 year ago
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This year's Automotive News All-Stars include two from Ford: ⭐Dianne Craig, President of Lincoln:
www.autonews.com/awards/all-s...
⭐Lynn Simoncini, inventor of the SupportBelt:
www.autonews.com/awards/all-s...
over 1 year ago
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Thanks to everyone for following me here! As a reward, here's a scoop: Ford plans to reduce Bronco production, reassign 400 workers in early 2025.
www.autonews.com/ford/an-ford...
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Ford to reduce Bronco production, reassign 400 workers
In a Nov. 18 memo to workers, which a spokesperson confirmed as authentic, the automaker said it would “reduce our line rate to better serve customer demand for Bronco” early next year.
https://www.autonews.com/ford/an-ford-bronco-production-reduction/
over 1 year ago
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