Ford Pays This Technician $160,000 A Year, So Why Can’t It Fill 5,000 Jobs?

One talented Ohio tech pulls in six figures, but most mechanics never make it that far, as flat-rate pay punishes injuries, ...

Ford needs more mechanics. It's hoping free Carhartts and tools will boost applicants.

Ford, seeking to fill 5,000 open positions at its dealerships, is teaming with Carhartt in an effort to boost the auto ...
SlashGear

Ford's $19.5B Plan To Shift Its EV Strategy

The dynamics of the US EV market changed dramatically in 2025. Tesla lost its crown as the world's biggest electric car brand to China's BYD. EV sales in the US declined owing to the rising cost of ...
The Drive

Ford’s EV Gamble and Bust Will Cost the Automaker $19.5 Billion: TDS

Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, or TDS for short. Short, snappy, and simple, TDS groups the latest automotive news from around the globe and gathers it in one place. Stories are summarized ...
CBS News

U.S. Dept. of Transportation raises concerns about Baltimore Key Bridge rebuild costs, traffic congestion in Maryland

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) raised concerns about the cost of rebuilding Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and traffic congestion in Maryland. On Tuesday, USDOT Secretary Sean ...
Wall Street Journal

Ford and Renault Team Up in Europe to Compete Against Low-Price Chinese Cars

Inside China’s ‘dark factories,’ robots help to build electric cars around the clock, transforming Chinese EV industry into an existential threat to American and global automakers. Photo: WSJ “We know ...
The Baltimore Sun

Key Bridge: Rising costs, wrong assumptions led rebuild cost to balloon, MDTA says

The Maryland Transportation Authority on Tuesday attributed the increase in costs to replace the Key Bridge — which rose this week to $5.2 billion from as low as $1.7 billion — to a volatile economy.
WBAL-TV

Officials increase estimated cost, push back timeline of Key Bridge rebuild

BEHIND THE CHANGES. STATE OFFICIALS CITE HIGHER CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND ADVANCED DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY AS PART OF THE REASON WHY THE RECONSTRUCTION PRICE TAG IS INCREASED AND THE COMPLETION ...
New York Sun

Cost To Rebuild Baltimore’s Key Bridge Skyrockets to $5.2 Billion, Completion Pushed to 2030

The estimated cost to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has more than doubled to as much as $5.2 billion, with the completion date now pushed back two years to late 2030, Maryland officials ...
CBS News

Rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will take longer and cost more than first thought, state says

The cost to rebuild Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is going to be more than expected and it's going to take longer too, according to the state. The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) said ...
Houston Chronicle

Key Bridge rebuild cost increased, timeline pushed back, officials say

Officials updated the cost estimate for the rebuild of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, and pushed the estimated timeline back on Monday. The announcement comes on the eve of a National ...
CNN

Costs more than double to rebuild vital Baltimore bridge destroyed by cargo ship

The expected price tag to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge – which collapsed in March 2024, leaving six people dead – has more than doubled and is expected to be completed later than what ...