Ford

President Donald Trump visited a Ford plant on Thursday to tour the automaker’s production of medical ventilators. Despite CDC and coronavirus task force guidelines, the president wore a mask briefly and away from the press pool, sayng, “I didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.”

President Donald Trump has a face covering with the presidential seal on it, but refused to wear it on the public part of his tour of a Ford plant in Michigan on Thursday despite factory policy.

Pandemic politics have shadowed President Donald Trump’s trip to Michigan

President Donald Trump on Thursday said “we are not closing our country” if the U.S. is hit by a second wave of coronavirus infections. “People say that’s a very distinct possibility, it’s standard,” Trump said when asked about a second wave during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan. “We are going to put out the fires. We’re not going...

General Electric and Ford Motor will produce 50,000 ventilators for the U.S. government under the Defense Production Act for $336 million, federal officials announced Thursday.

Fashion lines, car manufacturers and airlines, among other industries, are summoning their resources to help with the medical response to the coronavirus pandemic. They’re manufacturing masks and ventilators — with some even delivering food to first responders.

Ford Motor and GE Healthcare plan to produce 50,000 ventilators within the next 100 days at a facility in Michigan to assist with the coronavirus pandemic.

Ford is recalling more than 268,000 cars in North America to fix doors that could open unexpectedly or may not close.

Concerns about the spreading coronavirus has forced most of North America’s auto plants to close temporarily

The affected models include the Ford Flex and Taurus SHO, among others.

Ford is recalling over 240,000 SUVs and cars worldwide because a suspension part can fracture and increase the risk of a crash

More automakers are making semi-autonomous features standard on their vehicles in hopes of keeping you safe on the road. Consumer reporter Susan Hogan got a look at some of the features during the Washington Auto Show.

General Motors, Ford Motor and other automakers in the past year cut thousands of jobs and shuttered factories as industry vehicle sales slow and fears of an economic slowdown pick up. No one is forecasting an industry downturn comparable to when vehicle sales dropped below 11 million in the U.S. in 2009. However, domestic sales next year are forecast to drop...

Authorities say a blind man was struck and killed by a motorist at a Maryland intersection.

A federal investigation has found hundreds of stolen car fobs are being smuggled across the border where smugglers are reselling them across Imperial and San Diego County.

Striking General Motors workers will stay on the picket lines for at least another week until they vote on a tentative contract with the company. Factory-level officials from the United Auto Workers union voted to recommend the agreement to members at a daylong meeting in Detroit Thursday. But they also voted not to return to factories unless members approve the...

A man convicted of raping and killing a North Carolina artist who was found bound and stabbed to death inside a row house in Northeast Washington in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison.

Ford is recalling more than 550,000 trucks and SUVs in North America because seat backs may not properly restrain people in a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 through 2020 F-150 pickups, 2019 and 2020 Super Duty trucks, 2018 and 2019 Explorer SUVs, and 2019 and 2020 Expedition SUVs. All have manual driver or front passenger seat-back recliner mechanisms. Also...

A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a father of two who was standing or walking on Route 5 in Waldorf, Maryland, Tuesday morning, police say.

A mother is pleading for whoever is responsible for her son’s death to turn themselves in to police. The father of two was walking down Route 5 in Waldorf, Maryland, when a pick-up truck slammed into him. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.