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Ford 's (F) new partnerships with top lithium producers give us more confidence that the automaker can accelerate electric vehicle production and reach its global target of 2 million EVs per year by 2026. We're also encouraged by Ford's financial roadmap for getting there, which was discussed at Monday's investor event. Ahead of its Capital Markets Day presentation, Ford announced strategic agreements with four of the world's prominent producers of lithium, a key component of EV batteries. The deals are all compliant with…

DETROIT — Ford Motor on Monday will attempt to turn skeptics of its electric vehicle growth plans, which some Wall Street analysts have called "ambitious" and "crazy high," into believers.The Detroit automaker will host its capital markets day, during which it has promised to provide details of how Ford expects to achieve previously stated targets for 8% EBIT margin on its electric vehicle unit and a 2 million EV production runrate by 2026, up from an expected 600,000 by year-end."We will take you through why we believe…

via Warner Bros. Following Harrison Ford’s star-studded Palm d’Or award win at this year’s Cannes, the actor and entertainer continues to prove why he’s been Hollywood’s main man for nearly 60 years. To those unfamiliar, the award is the highest honor awarded at the French film festival, and remains one of the industry’s most coveted accolades. It’s no secret then why a guy like Ford finally got the gold, literally (the award is a golden palm branch), and in the wake of his recent victory, old interviews have…

via Lucasfilm Up until yesterday, most people would have been supremely confident that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was at the very least guaranteed to be a significant step up from maligned predecessor Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, at least until the first reviews rolled in following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Jaws needed to be picked up off the floor when it debuted to not just the first Rotten score in franchise history, but the lowest by a country mile and then some. Even now, Dial…

Hollywood star Harrison Ford`s film `Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny` received a five-minute-long standing ovation at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. According to Deadline, a US-based media outlet, actor Harrison Ford, who has said this will be his last time playing the iconic Indiana Jones and who received an honorary Palme` D`Or to kick off the ceremony, was visibly moved by the reaction to the film, which Disney and Lucasfilm premiered ahead of its late June theatrical release around the world. The standing…

20. Brüno (2009)When Austrian uber-gay Brüno (Sacha Baron Cohen) accosts Ford in the street only to be rebuffed with a barked “Fuck off!”, it seems certain the rudeness is real. In fact, it is entirely staged: Cohen even dressed the actor in a different outfit because he didn’t look enough like Harrison Ford in his own clothes.19. Heroes (1977)‘Touchingly frazzled’ … Ford with Henry Winkler in HeroesThis PTSD comedy was meant to catapult Henry Winkler, AKA the Fonz from Happy Days, out of sitcomland and into a movie…

Ford unveiled its SUV-inspired, multi-activity vehicle that’s designed to do it all, from adventuring to city travel. The E-Tourneo Courier is Ford’s answer to the growing need for zero-emission multi-purpose travel in Europe. Meet Ford’s new electric multi-activity vehicle Ford continues expanding its lineup of European electric offerings, introducing the E-Transit Courier in April and the electric Explorer in March (which may be coming to the US). The new E-Tourneo Courier is Ford’s…

Elon Musk had some encouraging words for Ford as the automaker continues to report significant losses from its electric vehicles. There are many ways in which Tesla leads in the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles. One of them is margins. While virtually all legacy automakers have started on a path to switch to electric vehicles, most of them struggle to make money selling them. Most of them sell EVs at a loss or with a slight positive margin and compensate with their…

Ford just dropped a trail-finding app The appropriately-named Bronco Trail App is available for both iOS and Android mobile devices and includes a boatload of goodies for true off-roading enthusiasts. In other words, this app is not for people who use their rugged SUVs primarily to pick up coffee down the street. The app leads drivers to more than 1,200 professionally curated trails throughout the US, Canada and Mexico (with more countries coming), totaling 18,000 miles. These maps let you filter by location, length,…

Ford is restarting sales of the Mustang Mach E for this year, and your patience has paid off if you missed your chance the first time around. The crossover SUV's starting price has dropped $3,000 to $42,995 (before a $3,750 federal tax credit) for an RWD Standard Range trim, with a matching price cut for its $45,995 AWD counterpart. They're also more capable vehicles — all Standard Range variants use lithium iron phosphate batteries that extend their range to 250 miles (RWD) or 226 miles (AWD) while adding 45HP. They now…