Oregon Team Wins Ford Repair Contest; Michigan is 29th

Morgan White and Jay Saunders, high schoolers from Vale, Oregon, on Tuesday were named America’s top auto technicians after besting peers from around the country at fixing a bugged 2015 Ford Mustang fastback.

Ford to make EV patents available to rivals

Ford Motor Co. is following Tesla Motors in opening up hundreds of patents on electric-car technology to competitors in a move aimed at accelerating development of electrified vehicles.