DEARBORN

Michigan regulators are encouraging the public to attend two town hall-style meetings in Jackson and Dearborn to comment on recent power outages induced by winter storms.

Ford Motor Co. has suspended production and halted shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after a battery caught fire during a pre-delivery quality check. Production at Ford's Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, has been stopped until at least the end of next week. The fire happened at an outdoor lot nearby in Dearborn where vehicles are held for quality checks.

The automotive industry's earnings and forecasts are being closely watched by Wall Street for any signs of weakening consumer demand.

A Middle Eastern and North African category would be added to U.S. federal surveys and censuses, and changes would be made to how Hispanics are able to self-identify.

Ford Motor has added a third production shift to its Michigan plant that produces the electric F-150 Lightning as it looks to boost output.

Ford topped Hyundai after the South Korean automaker lost incentive of consumer tax credits up to $7,500 for buyers of its EVs.

Ballots in Dearborn, Mich. had an error, the city announced, a spotlight on challenges that can come with providing voting access for non-English speakers.

Michigan parents are speaking out after a Dearborn school board meeting ended in chaos shortly after parents sounded the alarm on explicit books in the library

A school board in Dearborn, Mich., suspended its meeting about LGBTQ books after attendees, who were violating the city's fire code, refused to leave.

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A man accused of killing a suburban Detroit hotel employee and barricading himself in a room for hours has been charged with murder.

Authorities say a man accused of fatally shooting a hotel clerk in suburban Detroit during a dispute over money has surrendered to police after barricading himself inside a room.

Ford is increasing the entry-level price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup by $5,000 for the 2023 model year due to rising costs and supply chain issues.

The restructuring will be led on an interim basis by Ford CFO John Lawler until a chief supply chain officer is selected, Ford said.

Ford is restructuring its vehicle development and supply chain operations, shuffling multiple executives just days after announcing that it would build up to 45,000 vehicles with parts missing due to shortages.

Ford is restructuring its vehicle development and supply chain operations, shuffling multiple executives just days after announcing that it would build up to 45,000 vehicles with parts missing due to shortages. The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker gave some executives new roles and said that its chief financial officer will begin reworking supply chain operations until a new global purchasing chief is hired. The changes arrive at a time of profound change for Ford and the auto industry, which for more than a century have made a living by selling petroleum-powered vehicles.

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The automaker is asking its nearly 3,000 dealers to invest upward of $1 million for upgrades to sell all-electric vehicles.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promoted the Biden administration's key economic policies in Detroit on Thursday

The Biden administration has officially undone a Trump-era rule that prohibited immigrants from gaining legal residency if they had utilized certain government benefits. The new change allows for a return to a previous policy with a narrower scope.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has pressed the case for Democratic economic policies during a visit to Ford’s Rouge electric vehicle assembly plant in election-year battleground Michigan.

Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar workers as it moves reduce costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles.

The Ford Motor Co. says it plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash claimed the lives of a Georgia couple.

Farley said the massive amounts of capital needed to invest in the technologies will force smaller companies to be acquired.

Ford on Wednesday reported a 10.5% decline in April sales compared to a year ago, notably narrowing its losses compared to recent months.

The cuts include approximately 350 salaried and 230 agency positions, according to Ford.

Ford has reported a $3.1 billion loss for the first quarter, in large part because of a drop in the value of its investment in an electric-vehicle startup.

Ford has already built about 2,000 F-150 Lightnings — not far off Rivian's total first-quarter EV production.

Sales declined 17% during the first quarter, including a 26% slide last month, as Ford continues to battle with a global shortage of semiconductor chips.

One U.S. official, Anne Neuberger, said Monday that the federal government had seen some preparatory activity, but she declined to name industries most at risk.

Ford will attempt to soothe dealers' concerns over the company's recent decision to split its EV and legacy gas-vehicle business.

Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas called the EV target "an aspirational/stretch goal," while Deutsche Bank's Emmanuel Rosner called a 10% margin by 2026 "ambitious."

Both targets would be substantial increases from the company's current operations.

Shares of Ford were up by as much as 5.4% to $18.48 during intraday trading Friday.

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Ford shares were up by as much as 4.6% to $25.59, continuing a more than 20-year high for the automaker's stock price.

The increase is a good sign for the vehicle but also shows Ford significantly underestimated demand for the truck, causing it to now scramble to increase it.

The U.S. reported a record number of new Covid cases on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The highly contagious omicron variant can more easily infect vaccinated staff than previous strains, threatening to further exacerbate the worker shortage.

While the pickup has topped U.S. sales for decades, retaining the titles this year was particularly notable given an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips.

The companies on Thursday announced the signing of a nonbinding agreement for a strategic partnership that aims to increase the supply of chips to Ford.

Ford's stock topped $20 a share Monday for the first time since September 2001, as investors become more bullish on a turnaround plan led by CEO Jim Farley.

Dearborn is 47% Arab American, according to the latest census data.

Dearborn is 47% Arab American, according to the latest census data.

Shares of Ford jumped by about 4% in premarket trading Tuesday after a 113% surge since Jim Farley took over the helm of the automaker as CEO on Oct. 1.

A global shortage of semiconductors forced a Michigan Ford plant to trim production of its F-150 trucks.

Ford Motor is increasing production capacity for its upcoming F-150 Lightning pickup as it begins building prototypes of the electric pickup.

Mike Amend, who was most recently president of online for Lowe's, will oversee Ford's data, software and technology, effective immediately.

Ford has hired former Tesla and Apple executive Doug Field as its chief advanced technology and embedded systems officer, the company announced Tuesday.

The automaker informed employees Wednesday of the cuts, which also impact production of its larger Super Duty pickups and Expedition SUV.

Ford is expected Wednesday to report a slight loss for the second quarter due to the semiconductor chip shortage causing significant production cuts.

For months, anyone who wandered onto a dealer lot to look for a used car could be forgiven for doing a double take — and then wandering right off the lot.

But there's one bright spot for the U.S., according to The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT): Exports.

United Auto Workers President Rory Gamble, who led the union through a corruption scandal and the coronavirus pandemic, is retiring effective June 30.

Wealthy families may have to dig through decades of documents to figure out the taxes on an inheritance if this Biden proposal becomes a reality.

Pro-Palestinian activists say a more intersectional progressive coalition of supporters in the U.S. is driving a public opinion shift

A new electric version of Ford’s immensely popular F-150 pickup truck might just be the catalyst that hastens America’s transition from gasoline to battery powered vehicles.

The star of HGTV’s “Rehab Addict Rescue” has won a dispute with Detroit over ownership of a blighted home. Nicole Curtis said she has spent at least $60,000 to start fixing up the home after buying it from a couple for $17,000. Wayne County Judge Tim Kenny ruled in Curtis' favor, saying her renovation group had recorded a title to the property before the Land Bank did, The Detroit News reported Friday.

China’s internet watchdog said Friday it had found Bytedance’s Douyin, Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn and 102 other apps were engaged in improper collection and use of data and ordered them to fix the problem. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the 105 apps violated laws by excessively collecting and illegally accessing users’ personal information, according to a statement posted on its site Friday. Other companies it named included short video app Kuaishou, search engine Sogou and Baidu.

The automaker unveiled the vehicle Wednesday night during an elaborate presentation at the company's world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

It’s an increasingly unlikely scenario, as the Senate appears poised to reject a proposed commission to investigate the insurrection.

Joe Biden is back behind the wheel.

President Joe Biden is taking executive action to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal representation after services dwindled during the Trump administration.

Automakers are cutting production as they grapple with a global shortage of computer chips, and that's making dealers nervous.

April is National Donate Life Month, a time to celebrate the generosity of those who have saved lives by becoming organ, tissue, bone marrow donors and by making blood donations.

The rise in wholesale prices moderated a bit in February after a record increase in January with both months being hit with higher energy prices. increased by 0.5% last month following a record jump of 1.3% in January. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)WASHINGTON – Energy prices continued to rocket higher in February, though overall wholesale prices moderated after a record jump in January. Over the past year, wholesale prices are up 2.8%, the largest 12-month gain at the wholesale level in more than two years. Earlier this week, the U.S. reported that consumer prices rose 0.4% in February, the biggest gain in six months, also because of rising energy prices.

Nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. were still without electricity, and some also lost water service. More than 100 million people live in areas covered by some type of winter weather warning, watch or advisory, the weather service said. Weather-related outages have been particularly stubborn in Oregon, where some customers have been without power for almost a week. At the peak of the storm, more than 350,000 customers in the Portland area were in the dark. In Oregon, authorities confirmed Tuesday that four people died in the Portland area of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Starting Monday, Ford will cut two shifts at its Dearborn, Michigan, facility, going down to one shift per day. Both plants produce the F-150 pickup truck, Ford's most popular model and part of the F-Series, the top-selling vehicle in the U.S. AdFord isn't alone in cutting back production due to the shortage of chips needed to produce cars. General Motors will have downtime at three of its factories — one in the U.S, one in Canada and one in Mexico — due to the chip shortage, starting Feb. 8. Other automakers like Nissan, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota have also been impacted by the chip shortage.

(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)DEARBORN, Mich. – When Manal Saab heard that a massive explosion had struck Beirut, she grabbed her phone, frantically trying to reach loved ones there. “Otherwise, they wouldn’t have survived it,” said Saab, an American citizen who lives in Fenton, Michigan, near Flint, but was born in Lebanon. Knowing that her family and friends were safe, a feeling of relief washed over Saab. More than half of that amount was delivered via a FedEx-donated airlift that also included relief supplies from the American Task Force on Lebanon and the Lebanon Relief Project. They just wanted something to immediately give to, they wanted all that pain to basically get out and give something positive,” Saab said.

The auto industry is going through massive change -- and Tesla and its outspoken CEO, Elon Musk, are seen as the great disruptors. "And yeah, he's competing with the ultimate disruptor in Henry Ford." Even the long-established industry titans that are just now venturing into electric cars owe a debt to Musk. As it works to ready itself for the future, Ford has been cutting jobs, making investments and forming partnerships. As CEO of Ford, Hackett is operating what is essentially a family-run corporation.