Ford Motor Co.’s profit last year plunged by more than $3.6 billion, weighed down by slowing U.S. sales, the cost of a botched SUV launch and some big pension expenses. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Tuesday it made $47 million ...

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Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said about $750 million will go the Michigan Assembly ...

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So far, electric vehicles haven’t been accepted in the United States, with fewer than 1.5 percent of new-vehicle buyers choosing them over internal combustion engines. That surely will change as more manufacturers offer vehicles with longer range and fast-charging networks ...

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Ford Motor Co.’s third-quarter net income tumbled nearly 60 percent as the company booked $1.5 billion in charges mainly for restructuring, and Chinese and U.S. sales fell. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker knocked a half-billion dollars off its full-year pretax earnings ...

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Ford is extending the warranties on about 560,000 small cars in the U.S. and Canada to cover a litany of problems with a troubled six-speed automatic transmission. The company has faced a string of lawsuits and complaints about the transmissions, ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling for Ford Motor Co. in a product liability case and clarified a conflict in the law on what plaintiffs must do to pursue failure to warn claims.

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The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling for Ford Motor Co. in a product liability case and clarified a conflict in the law on what plaintiffs must do to pursue failure to warn claims.

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Ford Motor Co. won a new trial in a lawsuit over brain injuries suffered by a teenager in a Bronco II rollover accident that resulted in a $31 million jury award against the U.S. automaker. The South Carolina Supreme Court ...

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Ford Motor Co. won’t have to provide as much as $500 million in discounts on Explorer sport-utility vehicles under a class action lawsuit settlement because fewer than 1 percent of consumers eligible for the price-cut coupons signed up for them, ...

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A more than two-week trial over a fiery crash ended with a resounding victory for Ford. The family of a 15-year-old boy killed in the crash will end up with $200,000, a jury decided. But jurors found the driver, who had been drinking, was 80 percent at fault. They said the boy, riding in the back of the vehicle, held 20 percent of the blame. Ford Motor Co. was not liable for the accident, they held after deliberating for about three hours and ruling late Wednesday.

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Almost six years after a fiery crash on Interstate 70 killed a state trooper and severely injured another driver, lawyers for the victims asked the Missouri Supreme Court to let them take another crack at the maker of the car ...

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