The Latest Breaking News from Jim Farley

For much of 2024, you probably couldn't go a single week without reading a headline or seeing some TV news story about how the electric vehicle market is "stalling" or "stumbling." And yet, the ongoing transformation of the automotive industry seems to be upending everything in its path.

Update: Added in-car video of the Mustang GTD's full lap at the Nurburgring.

Ford stock is in the red this year, and is underperforming rival General Motors by a big margin. Could things change for the better for the Blue Oval in 2025?

Update: The original version of this story noted that Ford is no longer the second-largest EV manufacturer in the US. Ford, as a brand, remains the second-largest EV producer in the US. Only the larger General Motors company (which includes brands like Cadilac, Chevrolet, and Hummer) produces more EVs. The…

Earlier this week, Ford announced third-quarter net income of $900 million, or 22 cents per share, which included a $1 billion charge related to the cancellation of a planned three-row electric SUV.

The Ford F-150 Lightning was supposed to be the Blue Oval's big EV win. I mean, you take the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., convert it to electric, and unleash it on the masses. Surely that's a recipe for success, right? And in many ways, it has been—just with sales,…

Even though Ford’s F-150 Lightning sales more than doubled in the third quarter of 2024 and even went up 86% year-over-year, the Blue Oval’s EV division is still many billions in the red, according to the recently released Q3 earnings report. While the company’s EVs are doing better (especially the…

It seems like the competitiveness in the electric vehicle space is finally paying off as battery-powered cars are finally getting cheaper to make. Battery costs are dropping, material costs are down too, and even the average transaction price of new vehicles seems to be stabilizing a bit (although they're still high).

Jim Farley previously said Chinese EVs are Ford’s biggest competitors.

Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving an imported Xiaomi SU7 for months. He says it's fantastic, and he doesn't want to give up the Chinese EV.

Farley had a Xiaomi SU7 imported from Shanghai, and he's been driving it for months. He loves it.