Ford Motor Co – Page 20

Carmakers, government agencies and investors are pouring money into battery research in a global race to profit from emission-free electric cars.

E.V.s Force Carmakers to Reinvent the Wheel, and Brakes, and Mirrors …

Building electric cars, and repairing them, will require a huge change for the industry and usher in a new automotive era.

Every carmaker is trying to figure out how to make the leap before governments force it and Tesla and other start-ups lure away drivers.

Rivian, which has raised another $2.65 billion, plans to sell a pickup truck and S.U.V. it has worked on for more than a decade.

Traditional automakers have struggled to sell electric cars. That could change as Ford, Volkswagen and others introduce new models.

The chairman of Ford Motor and the great-grandson of Henry Ford is an elder statesman in an industry where C.E.O.s come and go.