In preparation for the rollout of the new Ford F-150, the company has been implementing an intensive training program to prepare skilled trades and production workers at its Kansas City Assembly Plant. The skilled trades program –tested at Dearborn Truck Plant – includes more than 400 hours of in-class and hands-on courses training workers to […]
As Ford ramps up production of the all-new F-150, the company has announced it will add 1,550 new jobs across its Kansas City Assembly, Dearborn Stamping, Dearborn Diversified and Sterling Axle facilities in the first quarter of 2015. The new jobs will support production and growing customer demand for the recently launched 2015 Ford F-150. […]
2014 was once again the year of the truck for car shoppers, as the Ford F-150 retained its place as the most popular nameplate on AutoTrader.com across new, used and CPO vehicles. The F-150’s crosstown rival, the Chevrolet Silverado, was the second most popular new and CPO vehicle but it came in third behind the […]
Ford is prepared to make history with its new 2015 F-150, from its tailgate step to the LED spotlights found on the side mirrors. The result? The F-150 will be Ford’s most patented truck in company history. Noted Alana Strager, Ford program analyst, “Ford engineers filed more than 100 new patents for technologies on this […]
The state of Oklahoma, its agencies and the city of Dallas have ordered a total of 321 Ford F-150 pickups that can run on compressed natural gas. Since 2010, Ford CNG-prepped truck sales have increased more than 250 percent, said Jon Coleman, Ford fleet sales manager. Cumulative sales are expected to exceed 50,000 trucks by […]
Ford has introduced the all-new Ford F-150 weighing in 700 pounds lighter and now with a 2.7-liter EcoBoost® engine. As America’s best-selling vehicle for 32 years, the F-150 aims to increase capability and efficiency with such new features as a 360-degree camera view, integrated loading ramps stowed in the pickup bed, 400-watt power outlets inside the cab, […]
