Apple Maps will be integrated into some upcoming Ford electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday (July 23). The integration of Apple Maps into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle Platform (UEV Platform) will be done through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK, which enables automakers to embed and customize Apple Maps,...
Ford now offers fleet managers a virtual assistant that can perform tasks such as reporting on the condition of company vehicles and scheduling service. The new Ford Pro AI is available at no additional cost to Ford Pro Telematics subscribers in the United States, the...
Ford paid $2 billion in tariffs in 2025 and expects to spend about the same amount in 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Feb. 10). Last year’s total was higher than the company expected, according to the report. Ford had expected a tariff-relief program announced in October to be...
Ford has teamed with Amazon Autos to expand the reach of its used vehicle offerings. Car buyers can now search for, finance and buy Ford Blue Advantage certified pre-owned (CPO) Ford vehicles using Amazon’s automotive market, Wendy Lane, senior manager of Ford Blue Advantage vehicles, wrote on the automaker’s website Monday...
October 02, 2025
Tariff risks and uncertainty have become systemic to businesses. Over 2,000 publicly traded companies in the United States mentioned tariffs during their quarterly earnings calls this year, the most in recorded history, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to estimates from JPMorgan, the average effective tariff rate in the U.S. now stands at nearly 16%, […]
April 04, 2025
There are days when a plunge in the markets clears the air, and when sweeping global policy changes — from the top down, via the office of the president —...
July 05, 2024
As U.S. consumers take to the road this summer, the state of electric vehicles hangs in the balance and the payments industry grapples with the issues that will provide the...
February 01, 2024
While electric vehicles (EVs) have been celebrated for their potential to revolutionize transportation and accelerate the path toward a greener future, recent moves by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to scale...
July 23, 2026
Apple Maps will be integrated into some upcoming Ford electric vehicles, the companies said Thursday (July 23). The integration of Apple Maps into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle Platform (UEV Platform) will be done through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK, which enables automakers to embed and customize Apple Maps, Apple said in a press release. When it appears in Ford’s […]
March 11, 2026
Ford now offers fleet managers a virtual assistant that can perform tasks such as reporting on the condition of company vehicles and scheduling service. The new Ford Pro AI is...
February 10, 2026
Ford paid $2 billion in tariffs in 2025 and expects to spend about the same amount in 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Feb. 10). Last year’s total was higher than the company expected,...
November 17, 2025
Ford has teamed with Amazon Autos to expand the reach of its used vehicle offerings. Car buyers can now search for, finance and buy Ford Blue Advantage certified pre-owned (CPO) Ford vehicles using...
