Insights and Stories on Pickup Trucks

U.S. agency to probe Ram pickups over power steering issues

Aug. 9, 2023 at 7:18 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they were investigating whether 1.1 million older Ram 1500 pickup trucks should be recalled for power steering loss issues. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has received 380 reports alleging intermittent or complete loss of power steering assistance […]

GM buyouts cut 5,000 jobs, CFO says

Apr. 4, 2023 at 12:38 pm CDT

By Joseph White Nathan Gomes

Ford hikes electric F-150’s price again to battle high costs

Mar. 30, 2023 at 7:39 pm CDT

By Reuters

GM’s truck production cut signals a turn in U.S. auto sales

Feb. 24, 2023 at 7:46 pm CST

By Ben Klayman Joseph White

Ford, GM upgrade their heavy-duty pickup profit machines

Oct. 1, 2022 at 10:52 pm CDT

By Joseph White

GM CEO says ‘we are selling every truck we can build’

Jun. 14, 2022 at 12:58 pm CDT

Detroit | Reuters — General Motors CEO Mary Barra said on Monday the automaker is “selling every truck we can build” and expanding North American truck-building capacity, even as U.S. gasoline prices hit record highs. Barra made her comments during the automaker’s annual shareholder meeting. GM is pursuing a two-track […]

By Joseph White

GM ramps up EV push with plans to make battery materials in Canada

Mar. 7, 2022 at 7:25 pm CST

Reuters — General Motors and South Korea’s POSCO Chemical will build a $400 million facility to produce battery materials in Canada as the carmaker ramps up plans to produce mainly electric vehicles (EVs) in the future, the companies said Monday. The plant will produce cathode active material (CAM) for vehicle […]

By Aishwarya Nair Steve Scherer

Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

Feb. 4, 2022 at 7:25 pm CST

San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a […]

By Reuters

Electric truck battle heats up between Ford, GM

Jan. 4, 2022 at 3:16 pm CST

Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will nearly double annual production capacity for its red-hot F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 150,000 vehicles as the model has already attracted nearly 200,000 reservations ahead of its arrival this spring at U.S. dealers. Ford’s announcement comes a day ahead […]

By Paul Lienert