Ford is recalling 52,000 F-250 pick-up trucks over a fault which can cause the vehicle to roll while the automatic transmission lever is in park position. In a statement, the company advised users of the 2017 vehicles, sold in the US and Canada, to use the hand brake when shifting the car into park mode. … Read more
Users in US, Canada to use the hand brake when shifting the car into park mode Ford is recalling 52,000 F-250 pick-up trucks over a fault which can cause the vehicle to roll while the automatic transmission lever is in park position. In a statement, the company advised users of the 2017 vehicles, sold in … Read more
US auto maker Ford announced Thursday it will invest Can$500 million (US$376 million) in Canada to create 300 research and engineering jobs amid its drive to connect cars to the internet. The governments of Canada and Ontario province also pitched in with grants of Can$102.4 million each. The monies will go to support a new … Read more
Ford announced Tuesday that it would invest $1.2 billion in three Michigan plants, part of a deal with its workers’ union struck in 2015. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly singled out the auto industry and pressured them to keep plants and jobs in the country, foreshadowed the news in a morning tweet. “Big announcement … Read more
Despite the huge public outcry against toxic diesel sold in Ghana which endangers the health of the citizens, in the later part of last year, it appears very little has been done to address the situation. According to information, the inability of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to process European standard diesel compelled the Ghana Standards … Read more
US auto giant Ford said Thursday its first quarter earnings would come in well below analysts’ expectations, as it projected industry-wide US and Chinese car sales would decline in 2017. Ford, the second-biggest US automaker after General Motors, projected first quarter adjusted earnings of 30 to 35 cents per share, falling far short of the … Read more
Police allege the man hit Indy over the head before trying to drown him Authorities have released a photo of a police dog that almost drowned at the hands of a man who was part of a police pursuit in a suburb in Melbourne’s north on International Puppy Day on Thursday. Victoria Police confirmed two … Read more
Intel’s $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country’s rise in the driverless car industry — not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them. Monday’s deal, the largest ever in Israel’s tech sector, could help boost trade despite the fact no commercial cars are assembled in the country. … Read more
The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Roland Affail Monney, has expressed indignation at the reluctance of the police to release the report of the presidential press accident that killed a Ghanaian Times reporter and injured 12 others on August 20, 2015. “The police are dilly-dallying. I don’t know what they are trying … Read more
As a rule, I do not comment on the work of other journalists. I try not to criticize their views on life or national debates either. It’s a small community, and, we often are on one side, trying to hold the powerful accountable and keep citizens informed. We do so much with so little under … Read more
Memories are fresh. I miss Pope. He was a good chap. Although it would not approach visitors who entered our house, he often barked. Weak sound. Powerless. It hurt that Pope couldn’t provide any formidable protection for the household. Same applies to a leadership that’s weak. A weak leader is a bad general. A failed … Read more
Fifteen (15) people, 12 females and three males, have so far been confirmed dead in Sunday’s gory accident between the Winneba and Apam stretch of the Cape Coast highway. Most of the victims were trapped after a Sprinter Bus collided with an articulated truck that was trying to avoid running into the back of a … Read more
15 people have been confirmed dead in a road crash between two vehicles at Gomoa Mpromem, near Apam in the Central Region. The crash, which happened on Sunday afternoon, also left 11 others injured, who are currently on admission. The Apam District Police Commander, ASP Cephas Edzeani narrated to Citi News circumstances surrounding the accident which begun … Read more
Police in the Central Region have arrested a driver of a Ford vehicle whose reckless driving allegedly led to a motor accident which led to the death of fourteen people on the Apam Junction-Winneba Highway on Sunday. Police say the driver of the Ford Bus with registration GR 1292-11 overtook some vehicles and landed in … Read more
In his January inauguration speech, US President Donald Trump made a seemingly straightforward pledge: “We will follow two simple rules: buy American and hire American.” His daughter is the exception: even as he spoke, at least eight shipments of Ivanka Trump-branded shoes, bags and clothes — more than 53.5 tonnes — were steaming towards American … Read more
John Surtees, a Formula One great who won the 1964 championship with Ferrari and remains the only man to win world titles on two wheels and four, died on Friday at the age of 83, his family said in a statement. The Briton won his four 500cc and three 350cc motorcycling world titles with Italian … Read more
The auto industry is facing seismic changes with the rise of electric vehicles, automated driving and car sharing set to eclipse even big mergers such as PSA’s purchase of Opel, executives at the Geneva auto show said. Peugeot maker PSA Group (PEUP. PA) said on Monday it had agreed to buy loss-making Opel from General … Read more
The move by US auto giant General Motors to offload money-losing European brand Opel marks its latest effort to focus on more profitable markets and autonomous driving technology. The largest US automaker announced Monday the sale of European brands Opel and Vauxhall to French automaker PSA for 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion), pulling away from … Read more
General Motors is set to announce a deal to sell Vauxhall and Opel to the French company that owns Peugeot and Citroen on Monday. PSA Group has scheduled a press conference with GM for Monday morning in Paris. The two companies had wanted to announce a deal before the start of the Geneva motor show … Read more
President Donald Trump announced from the deck of America’s newest aircraft carrier Thursday that he had spoken with maritime leaders to discuss plans for a “major expansion” of the Navy. Trump spoke against the military backdrop as he pushes for a hike in defense spending that is likely to meet with stiff opposition in Congress. … Read more