Former Ford CEO says automakers 'went full bore' into making EVs without thinking about the consumer

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Mark Fields, 64, was the CEO of Ford from 2014 to 2017. Fields said automakers "went full bore in putting in capacity for EVs" without thinking about consumers.

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GM is taking a $1.6 billion hit after rolling back its EV plans

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GM CEO Mary Barra set out ambitious plans for the company's EV expansion in 2021.

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For the US EV market, the training wheels are off. Tesla will survive. Who else will?

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Robots weld the body of a Model Y electric vehicle at a Tesla Gigafactory plant.
Robots weld the body of a Model Y electric vehicle at a Tesla Gigafactory plant.

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Ford employees have been told they could be fired if they don't follow the company's RTO mandate

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Ford CEO Jim Farley is attempting to turn the automaker into an affordable EV powerhouse.

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Ford's CEO says a Japanese management practice he picked up from rival Toyota helps him make better decisions

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Mustang Mach-E GT presented at the 2025 Canadian International AutoShow.
"Before you make a big decision," CEO Jim Farley says, "you have to go and see the real problem — where the waste is."

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Why the CEO of Ford wanted his 17-year-old son to get a blue-collar summer job

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A worker carries out welding operations at the workshop of a machinery manufacturing enterprise on June 13, 2025 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province of China.
Ford has been ramping up initiatives to address the large and growing shortage of workers in the skilled trades.

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Ford CEO says AI augmented reality is a 'game changer' for techs working on his company's trucks amid a labor shortfall

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Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley speaks at a Ford Pro Accelerate event on September 30, 2025 in Detroit.
Ford CEO Jim Farley speaks at a company-hosted summit on blue collar careers in Detroit.

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Ford CEO Jim Farley says China is 'completely dominating' Tesla, GM, and Ford in EVs

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"The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry," Ford CEO Jim Farley said of Chinese automakers.

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Automakers are tapping the brakes on the EV revolution. Here are all the manufacturers rolling back their plans.

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Honda has become the latest company to tweak its EV plans.

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