The auto giant stopped making cars at the plant in Dresden, which opened in 2001, as it faces weaker demand and steep U.S. tariffs.Volkswagen’s site in Dresden, known as the “Transparent Factory,” will be converted to a technology research hub.

Ford Motor said the costs come from its decision to make fewer electric vehicles than it had planned and more hybrids that use both gasoline engines and batteries.A Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck at the company’s plant in Dearborn, Mich., in 2022. The Lightning will no longer be a pure electric vehicle.

Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?Doug Field, Ford Motor Company’s chief of electric vehicles, digital and design.

An ex-Marine and a 40-year company veteran, he turned a nearly bankrupt money loser into the world’s most profitable automaker.Donald E. Petersen, foreground, in 1981 touring a Philco-Ford of Canada factory with the plant manager, Bill Quindlin. Mr. Petersen, who spent 40 years with Ford, helped develop the Mustang, Thunderbird, LTD, Maverick and Continental Mark III.

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.Employees working on battery units at the solar project, which is owned by AES, a Virginia company that holds utilities and power plants across the world.