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TV host Mike Rowe slams schools for portraying skilled trades as a ‘consolation prize’—when he’s met data center electricians making $280K a year

America pushed a generation toward college—now it’s short hundreds of thousands of skilled workers, and “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe is joining CEOs of top companies like Nvidia, Ford, and BlackRock in sounding the alarm.

Fortune

'Plumbers regularly earn more than lawyers': Top entrepreneur makes a bold prediction that AI will flip the American Dream

Automation is hollowing out office jobs while demand for hands-on work surges.

Fortune

Ford CEO Says China's Electrified Pickups Are 'Different Animals'

Ford CEO Jim Farley ended an Australian road trip with an appreciation for electrified Chinese pickups.

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Ford CEO: Manual Mustang Isn't Going Anywhere

The manual transmission, like sedans, isn't dead. They are just not as popular as they used to be, and it happens. Tastes change, and new trends emerge, but not every automaker is willing to cave to peer pressure, like Ford. The American automaker has zero plans to ditch the manual…

Motor1

Ford CEO: Australia Needs A New Ute

Ford CEO Jim Farley was recently in Australia, where he spoke to local media. The subject of a Ute revival came up, and it appears Farley agrees that the Aussie market needs a new car truck.

Motor1

Ford secretly built an SUV for Pope Leo in his hometown of Chicago - with custom pontiff plates

The custom car included etchings of both Chicago and the Vatican

The Independent UK

We 'Totally Would've Done It Differently': Ford CEO On The Failure Of The F-150 Lightning

'I mean, look, we didn't know what we didn't know,' he says. The F-150 Lightning was a lesson the company had to learn the hard way.

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'Ten Times Bigger To Me:' Why Ford's CEO Thinks Software Is A Bigger Challenge Than EVs or China

Jim Farley thinks the software-defined vehicle revolution is a bigger deal for his business than the transition to EVs. I think he's right.

InsideEVs

Ford Teases New Passenger Cars For Europe: 'Exciting Plans'

Ford killed its last passenger car in the US, the Fusion, in 2020. The Ford Focus lasted a bit longer in Europe, living to see the 2025 model year—but it too reached the end of the road. But even without a single passenger car on sale in the US or…

Motor1

Ford Recalibrates EV Strategy While Tesla Pivots To AI: Would the Bet Pay Off?

Ford is recalibrating its EV strategy and doubling down on affordable EVs at a time when Tesla is pivoting to AI. Would Ford's latest bet pay off amid the EV industry slowdown?

Barchart

Ford, Trump Administration Discussed Building Chinese Cars In America: Report

Just a few weeks ago, it was reported that Ford could potentially team up with Chinese automakers in Europe, allowing them to build cars at its Valencia plant in Spain. Now, Ford has reportedly kicked off discussions to do the same in the US.

Motor1

Ford CEO Jim Farley knew the EV pain would be bad, but the ‘punch line’ is a $4.8 billion loss: ‘The customer has spoken’

The company is pivoting to a “high-volume, affordable end of the market,” meeting customers where they are.

Fortune

The U.S. construction industry's need for labor is soaring and will need half a million new workers next year while AI giants ramp up spending

The Associated Builders and Contractors said the industry will need to bring in 456,000 new workers in 2027, up 30.7% from the 349,000 needed this year.

Fortune

Ford’s $30,000 EV Pickup Takes A Page From Tesla To Transform How Cars Are Built

Ford CEO Jim Farley shared a bit more about the mysterious pickup on social media on Thursday. It's set to launch in 2027.

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Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open jobs with up to 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: 'We are in trouble in our country'

“We do not have trade schools. We are not investing in educating a next generation of people,” Jim Farley said.

Motorsport

What Laurent Mekies' engineering background adds to Red Bull, according to Ford

Mark Rushbrook says Christian Horner deserves “full credit” for his role in building the Red Bull-Ford partnership, which has had its first test in Barcelona this week

Autosport

Ford: Horner deserves respect, but Mekies' engineering background an asset in F1

Mark Rushbrook says Christian Horner deserves “full credit” for his role in building the Red Bull-Ford partnership, which has had its first test in Barcelona this week

International Business Times UK

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Says 'A Lot' of Six-Figure Construction Jobs Unlocked by AI Centres Boom

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts an AI infrastructure boom will unlock millions of six-figure jobs for electricians and plumbers, shifting lucrative careers away from coding.

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The Guardian - US

Senators urge Ford to disclose suspected lobbying over Trump’s climate rollbacks

Sheldon Whitehouse adds auto giant to investigation after US president claimed CEO requests changes to regulations

Fortune

Nvidia CEO Huang says ‘a lot’ of six-figure jobs in plumbing and construction will be unlocked because someone needs to build all these new AI centers

The AI boom is threatening white-collar entry jobs—but it’s creating a booming six-figure opportunity for electricians, plumbers, and construction workers.

Motor1

How Ford Will Use F1 To Build Better Hybrids: CEO

The automotive industry is full of people who are passionate about motorsports. But at the end of the day, companies like Audi, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Ford aren't in a sport as expensive as Formula 1 just for love of the game.

Fortune

Jensen Huang says AI bubble fears are dwarfed by ‘the largest infrastructure build-out in human history’

Huang sees the AI industry as a “five-layer cake” requiring total industrial reinvention, with Nvidia’s chips a particularly crunchy part of the recipe.

Motor1

Ford Explains Why It Killed Sedans: 'We Couldn't Find A Way To Compete And Be Profitable'

Ford hasn’t sold a sedan in the United States since the Fusion was discontinued in 2020, a year after the larger Taurus was axed. Other beloved nameplates, like the Fiesta and Focus, have also been retired, leaving the Blue Oval without a traditional car in its lineup, apart from the…

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Ford CEO warns there’s a dearth of blue-collar workers able to construct AI data centers and operate factories: 'Nothing to backfill the ambition'

Jim Farley has identified a crisis in the “essential economy” of overlooked blue-collar workers in the AI race.

Motorsport

Inside Red Bull Powertrains: The four-year race to build an all-new F1 engine

Red Bull Racing will be competing in Formula 1 with its own engines for the first time this year. But how has the engine project been developed over the past four years and what is its current status? Engine chief Ben Hodgkinson explains.

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