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TrustFord names new CEO
- 06/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
TrustFord has announced changes to its senior leadership team, including the appointment of Stuart Mustoe as new chief executive officer. Mustoe has been promoted from his position of finance director and has been acting chairman and CEO since February 2022. He said: “It has been my privilege to lead the team [...] -
Ford announces UK job cuts
- 14/02/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford has announced that it will cut 1,300 jobs in the UK over the next two years. The job losses are part of a wider European restructure that will see the car maker reduce its workforce by 3,800. Most of the job cuts in the UK are expected to be at Ford’s research site at Dunton in Essex, with production [...] -
Ford announces major UK investment
- 01/12/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford has invested a further £125m in its Halewood Plant, on Merseyside, increasing capacity by 70%. This means that 70% of the 600,000 EVs which Ford will sell in Europe a year by 2026 will be powered by the Halewood-produced technology. The company will also invest a £24m in the supporting E:PRiME product [...] -
TrustFord cuts ribbon on upgraded site
- 18/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford dealer group TrustFord has opened its newly upgraded Transit Centre in Barnsley after an investment of £500K. The site has been extensively redeveloped to create the group’s largest commercial vehicle site with a fully EV trained and accredited workforce. Stuart Mustoe, acting chairman and chief [...] -
Ford and VWG expand partnership
- 15/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford and the Volkswagen Group are expanding their e-mobility partnership, which includes e-mobility, commercial vehicles and autonomous driving. The news comes after Ford announced it will develop a new model based on the Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB) platform, and double its MEB volume to 1.2 million units over [...] -
Ford goes all-in with EV investment
- 11/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford has announced plans to make 50% of its annual vehicle sales electric by 2030. It has said it will invest $5bn into its EV production unit this year alone, twice the amount it invested in 2021. It expects this commitment to realise the production of over two million EVs by 2026. Ford sold 117,500 BEVs and [...] -
Ford confirms major UK investment
- 18/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford has announced it is investing up to £230m to manufacture electric components at its Halewood plant in Merseyside. The investment will help to protect 500 jobs. The factory will be Ford's first European plant to produce components for electric cars and is expected to start manufacturing electric power units [...] -
Autotech picks up training baton
- 17/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Autotech Academy has stepped up to provide a training solution for six automotive students whose learned has been disrupted by a fire at Bridgwater and Taunton College. The fire destroyed its specialist motorsport and motorcycle workshops. Collaborating with the Foray Motor Group, Autotech Academy is helping six [...] -
Ford calls for 2030 strategy
- 14/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ford is calling on policymakers, energy providers, local authorities, consumers and the auto industry to jointly develop a nationwide electrification strategy that will set the country on the right trajectory for 2030. The company says that a coordinated effort is needed to help consumers move to an electrified [...] -
TrustFord enhances London footprint
- 14/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
TrustFord has acquired a Ford dealership from Cambria Automobiles plc in Wimbledon. The group has also taken over the Ford franchise for new car and commercial vehicle customers in the Croydon area. The newly-acquired site has been rebranded as TrustFord and is now fully-operational under new ownership, with a [...]