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BorgWarner Vice President Honored with 2022 Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Award
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Production (STEP) Ahead Awards recognize women for exemplary leadership in their careers and communitiesTania Wingfield is the sixth consecutive BorgWarner leader to receive this awardRecipients were recognized at awards ceremony on April 28 in Washington, D.C.Auburn Hills, Michigan, April 29, 2022 – BorgWarner’s Tania Wingfield, Vice President and General Manager […]
Ford Rings Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange As F-150 Lightning Electric Pickup Production Begins
NEW YORK CITY, April 28, 2022 – F-150 Lightning, the only full-size electric pickup available now with a starting price less than $40,000, will begin to ship to customers in the coming days, starting with the Pro Series, as Ford establishes itself as a leader in the electric vehicle revolution. To mark this milestone, Ford […]
Stellantis Awards $22,000 As College Teams Tackle First Hackathon
College teams competed in the first Stellantis Hackathon in Detroit on April 22-24; winning team awarded $15,000 Teams used cloud based Stellantis software development kit (SDK), vehicle data to create apps that “gamify” driving to encourage safety, fuel efficiency Software-defined vehicles play a key role in Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan with 34 million monetizable […]
America’s Best-Selling Vehicle Now Electric: Production Begins for F-150 Lightning Trucks
Full production of F-150 Lightning trucks begins at the high-tech Rouge Electric Vehicle Center within Ford’s historic Rouge Complex Lightning is drawing interest from customers of competitor brands at a record rate across North America, with three out of four reservation holders new to Ford Lightning is the smartest, most innovative F-150 that Ford has […]
GM Asks Suppliers to Sign Pledge Advancing Global Climate Action and Human Rights
This innovative supplier pledge incorporates environmental, social and governance standards. Suppliers commit to achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2 emissions and confirm they have advanced management systems in place for labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement practices through a third-party assessment by EcoVadis. Fifty-three percent of GM’s tier 1 material annual […]
Ultium Energy Recovery Can Help GM EVs Charge and Accelerate Faster and Drive Farther
GM has developed a patented heat pump that recovers energy from the battery to power heating and propulsion while also helping to conserve range DETROIT, APRIL 25, 2022 – Today, GM announced a feature standard in its Ultium-based EVs that captures and repurposes waste energy from the battery. Through the Ultium Platform’s energy recovery system, […]
Stellantis Strengthens Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Leadership Team
Jean-Michel Billig named Chief Technology Officer for hydrogen fuel cell development Opel Brand CEO Uwe Hochgeschurtz takes on additional responsibility to pilot commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles worldwide AMSTERDAM, April 22, 2022 – Stellantis N.V. is pleased to announce that Jean-Michel Billig, former Naval Group executive, will join Stellantis as Chief Technology Officer for […]
BrightDrop and FedEx Take Part in Record-Setting EV Campaign
A BrightDrop driver, in collaboration with FedEx, sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ® title for greatest distance traveled by an electric van on a single charge The near 260-mile road trip was completed in a BrightDrop Zevo 600 from New York City to Washington, D.C. DETROIT, APRIL 22, 2022 – With the support of BrightDrop and […]
Ford Announces Salute to Dealers Award Winners Honoring Dealer Contributions to Their Communities
Six dealers from around the world are being honored for their relentless dedication to the betterment of their communities in 2021. Ford and Lincoln dealers contributed to a diverse number of causes including educational programs for children to break the cycle of poverty, camps for active-duty military veterans and the disabled, and various food and […]
BorgWarner Receives U.S. Department of Energy Award for DC Fast Charger
$4.09 million awarded from the U.S. Department of EnergyGoal to develop a more cost-effective direct current fast charger BorgWarner will team up with American-made supplier partners for 36-month project Auburn Hills, Michigan, April 15, 2022 – BorgWarner, a global product leader in delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market, has received a […]
Stellantis and Qualcomm Collaborate to Power New Vehicle Platforms with Snapdragon Digital Chassis Solutions
Snapdragon® Automotive Platforms to Provide High Performance Compute Power and Capabilities to STLA Brain and STLA SmartCockpit Technology Platforms Beginning in 2024 Multi-Year Agreement to be Deployed Across 14 Iconic Stellantis Brands, Delivering Rich In-Vehicle Experiences to Millions of Vehicles, Starting with Maserati PARIS, AMSTERDAM, April 14, 2022– Stellantis N.V. and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today […]
F-150 Lightning Strikes on April 26; Ford Looks Ahead to Lightning Deliveries With Customer, Employee Celebration
DEARBORN, Mich., April 14, 2022 – The countdown is on. April 26 marks the launch of the all-new, all-electric F-150® Lightning™ pickup. Ford and UAW leaders will host customers and employees to celebrate the start of F-150 Lightning production at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford employees and F-150 Lightning customers will […]
Ford Mustang Continues As World’s Best-Selling Sports Coupe, Capturing Title Seventh Year in a Row
DEARBORN, Mich., April 14, 2022 – For the seventh year in a row, Ford Mustang® – which celebrates its 58th birthday this Sunday – is the world’s best-selling sports coupe, according to Ford analysis of registration data from S&P Global Mobility*. Mustang retains its sales crown for 2021 led by the pinnacle of 5.0-liter V8 […]
Stellantis &You, Sales and Services and FIDCAR Form After-sales Predictive Marketing Partnership
Key milestone in the unfolding of Stellantis &You, Sales and Services’ strategic planInnovative, European-wide, commercial agreement in the domain of after-sales predictive marketing Significant lever to develop customer satisfaction and after-sales revenue AMSTERDAM-LONDON, April 12, 2022 – FIDCAR, a start-up belonging to the group MotorK, leader of SaaS1 solutions of Automotive distribution in the EMEA region […]
GM and Glencore Enter Multi-Year Cobalt Supply Agreement
Agreement represents initial strategic collaboration between the two companies Cobalt provides EV batteries with energy density and longevity GM’s EV supply chain strategy prioritizes environmental sustainability BAAR, Switzerland and DETROIT, APRIL 12, 2022 – Glencore and General Motors Co. announced today a multi-year sourcing agreement in which Glencore will supply GM with cobalt from its […]
Penske Automotive Group Expands Presence in Southern California
Acquires BMW/MINI of Escondido and a Collision Center BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: PAG), a diversified international transportation services company and one of the world’s premier automotive and commercial truck retailers, today announced that it has acquired BMW/MINI of Escondido, along with a collision center, located in […]