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Ford boosts EV spending, outlines 2030 sales targets, shares near 5-year high

Ford and other global automakers are racing to shift their gasoline-powered lineups to all electric power under pressure from regions like Europe and China to cut vehicle emissions.

Published 26 May, 2021 10:54pm

Business & Finance

Ford Motor, SK Innovation announce EV battery joint venture in N. America

The companies said they have signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of the venture, called BlueOvalSK. Reuters on Wednesday reported plans for the joint venture.
That target would equal two jointly owned plants, the locations for which have not been identified, Ford North American Chief Operating Officer Lisa Drake said on a call with reporters.

Published 20 May, 2021 09:35pm

Business & Finance

Ford cuts production at two German plants due to chip shortage

"The situation on the global semiconductor market remains tense and, according to all estimates, will continue to be so in the coming months, resulting in supply bottlenecks," a spokeswoman for Ford said in a statement.
The carmaker said it planned to make up for lost production "as best we can" and would prioritise vehicles already ordered by customers.

Published 03 May, 2021 07:43pm

Business & Finance

Ford, BMW lead $130mn investing round in solid-state battery startup

The partnerships and the capital that comes along with it are really going to put us on a good footing to execute on our road map, which simply speaking is qualifying this technology for vehicle use and getting them into vehicles in the not-too-distant future.
Carmakers are racing to develop EVs amid tightening CO2 emission standards in Europe and China.

Published 03 May, 2021 06:51pm

Business & Finance

Ford to offer hands-free driving in some car, truck models later this year

The automaker said its BlueCruise technology will be offered on its 2021 model year F-150 pickup trucks and the Mustang Mach-E electric crossovers equipped with its Co-Pilot360 driver assistance package.
Rivals General Motors Co and Tesla Inc also offer similar driving assistance technologies called the 'Super Cruise' and 'Autopilot', respectively.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 05:45pm

Business & Finance

GM marketing spend will return to normal levels post pandemic

What we went through in the pandemic was certainly severe and we should be moving back up to our normalized levels.
GM's Wahl also said the No. 1 US automaker will offer a third-party app that delivers in-vehicle navigation capability to about 900,000 vehicles that lack the feature.

Updated 12 Apr, 2021 08:16pm

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Ford cutting more U.S. production because of chips shortage

Ford said it will cancel production next week at Chicago Assembly Plant and its Flat Rock Assembly Plant and part of its Kansas City Assembly Plant.

Updated 09 Apr, 2021 12:08am

Business & Finance

Ford CEO Farley earned $11.8mn in 2020

Executive Chairman William Clay Ford earned $16 million in total compensation last year, compared with $16.8 million in 2019, the carmaker said.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 07:54pm

Business & Finance

Ford partly assembling some vehicles, idling two plants due to chip shortage

In Cologne, where the Fiesta car is built, the plant is being idled March 1-16 and March 22. The company did not say what volume was being lost due to that action.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 12:03pm

Business & Finance

Ford's Turkish joint venture to produce electric vans from 2023

Ford Otosan will also make a one-tonne commercial vehicle for Volkswagen AG as part of an alliance between Ford and the German carmaker.
Ford is the top commercial vehicle brand in Europe with a 15% share, and has led the commercial van market in Britain, Europe's largest, for 56 years.

Updated 16 Mar, 2021 10:01pm

Business & Finance

GlobalFoundries, Bosch to develop radar chips for self-driving car features

Under the deal, Santa Clara, California-based GlobalFoundries said it will make high-frequency radar chips for Bosch at its Fab 1 facility in Dresden, Germany. Radar chips are widely used in vehicles for driver-assistance features such as emergency braking, lane-keeping and parking assistance.
Rather than source the chips from a third-party company to put inside a radar module, Bosch is working directly with the chip contract manufacturer to have its own design custom-made.

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 09:33pm

Business & Finance

Betting on death of petrol cars, Volvo to go all electric by 2030

The carmaker's global network of 2,400 traditional bricks-and-mortar dealers will remain open to service vehicles and to help customers make online orders.

Published 02 Mar, 2021 12:22pm

Business & Finance

Ford joins global initiative to promote responsible mining

Ford said its planned investment in electric vehicles would increase the company's reliance on mined material, particularly related to production of EV batteries.
IRMA provides third-party verification and certification of mining practices to protect human rights, communities and environment along the supply chain.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 09:19pm

Business & Finance

Ford dissolves its 7.6pc stake in Velodyne Lidar

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, a sensor that generates a three-dimensional map of the road ahead.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 08:45pm

Business & Finance

Ford CEO calls for settlement between LG Chem, SK Innovation

The ITC said the decision would allow the automakers to transition to new suppliers for these programs.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 11:10am

Business & Finance

Ford to invest $1bn to upgrade South Africa operations

Ford to lift S.African installed capacity to 200,000 vehicles.
To create 1,200 direct jobs in S.Africa, more at suppliers.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 06:23pm

Business & Finance

Ford to invest $1bn to upgrade South Africa operations

The amount includes $683 million for technology upgrades and new facilities at its plant in Silverton, a suburb of Pretoria, and $365 million to upgrade tooling at major supplier factories.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 03:30pm

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Ford, Google join hands to offer cloud-based data services

The companies will also form a group, Team Upshift, to explore uses of data to develop new retail, create new ownership offers and other services for Ford customers.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 12:14am

Business & Finance

Ford, Google join hands to offer cloud-based data services

As part of the six-year partnership, the Dearborn, Michigan-based company will incorporate the tech giant's Android operating system into its Ford and Lincoln vehicles starting in 2023.
Ford also plans to offer its customers built-in Google apps, that will include its map and voice technology.

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:54pm

Business & Finance

TSMC ramps up auto chip production as carmakers wrestle with shortages

Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines due to the shortages, which in some cases have been exacerbated by the former US administration's actions against Chinese chip factories.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 11:01am

Business & Finance

Ford to recall 3 million vehicles for air bags at $610 million cost

In November, NHTSA rejected a petition filed by General Motors Co to avoid recalling 5.9 million US vehicles with Takata air bags. GM said the callback covered 7 million vehicles worldwide and would cost $1.2 billion.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:47am

Business & Finance

Volkswagen says China car sales, production hit by chip supply shortage

Volkswagen is the biggest foreign automaker in China, the world's biggest car market.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 12:06pm

Business & Finance

Ford sold 602,627 vehicles in China in 2020, up 6% y/y

After a peak of 1.08 million vehicles in 2016, Ford's sales began faltering in late 2017.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 10:31am

Business & Finance

Ford plant closures to aid overseas profitability: J.P. Morgan

The United States' No. 2 automaker on Monday said it would take pretax charges of about $4.1 billion to close the Brazilian plants

Published 12 Jan, 2021 06:58pm

Business & Finance

Toyota halts some production lines in China due to chip shortage

Toyota said on Friday it would cut production of its Tundra pickup truck at its San Antonio plant in Texas.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 02:48pm

Business & Finance

Ford targets leading share in EV commercial market that it has with gas engines

The company unveils its new E-Transit commercial van on Thursday during a virtual webcast.
Ford already dominates the US and European markets for gasoline-powered commercial vehicles with shares of 40% and almost 15%, respectively.

Published 12 Nov, 2020 07:24pm

Business & Finance

Ford to add jobs to boost output of electric F-150, add electric van

The company said it also will add a second vehicle at the Mexican factory that is already set to build the Mustang Mach-E electric sport utility vehicle.
Ford will invest $150 million to add production of electric vehicle motors and transaxles at a transmission factory in suburban Detroit.

Published 10 Nov, 2020 07:35pm

Business & Finance

Ford sells struggling Brazil factory

A previous agreement to sell the factory in Sao Bernardo do Campo, which makes the poor-selling Ford Fiesta as well as buses, to Brazilian automaker CAOA fell through last year.

Updated 31 Oct, 2020 09:01pm

Business & Finance

Ford to invest $1.46bn in Canada plants as part of Unifor union deal

The deal includes retooling the Oakville plant to build five electric vehicle (EV) models between 2025 and 2028.
The deal is beneficial for Ford as it averts a strike at the US automaker's Canada plants.

Published 22 Sep, 2020 10:29pm

Business & Finance

Ford says new generation F-150 pickup trucks to go on sale in November

The new F-150 launch is "on time and on track," Ford's incoming Chief Executive Jim Farley said during an event Thursday at Ford's Dearborn Truck plant.
Ford shares were up 2.3% in early trading.

Published 17 Sep, 2020 07:56pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	156.28
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.26
Euro to USD / May 15	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5246.68
Nasdaq / May 14	16511.18
Hang Seng / May 14	19073.71
Dow Jones / May 14	39558.11
India Sensex / May 15	73025.23
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	38385.73
FTSE 100 / May 15	8467.99
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	18796.11

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	78.55
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 15	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 15	209191
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	2361.55
Cotton US¢/pound / May 15	74.42
Petrol/Litre / May 16	273.10

Gainers
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Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 16 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 16 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 16 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 16 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 16 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 16 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 16 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 16 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 16 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 16 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 16 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 16 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 16 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 16 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 16 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 16 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 16 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 16 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 16 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 16 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 16 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 16 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 16 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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