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CLAIM #24129 · Ford Motor Company (F) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 23, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2026

For compliance, the evolving global emissions landscape is expected to eliminate 2026 compliance headwinds, thereby unlocking opportunities to optimize our mix of ICE, hybrids and EVs and reduce reliance on credits.

Sherry House · CFO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Ford's reliance on regulatory/emissions credits and compliance-related cost headwind, as disclosed in company financial/regulatory commentary

It came true if: Ford reports lower expenditure on emissions/regulatory credits in 2026 versus 2025, and/or management states 2026 compliance costs are reduced or eliminated versus 2025

Where: Ford 10-K/annual report disclosures on regulatory credits and management commentary on Q4 2026 or FY2026 earnings call

In context

ments by the administration, we now expect tariffs will be a $1 billion net headwind for 2025, down from $2 billion. This brings our updated adjusted EBIT guidance for 2025 to between $6 billion to $6.5 billion with adjusted free cash flow of between $2 billion and $3 billion. Our full year outlook also assumes U.S. industry SAAR of about 16.8 million units, U.S. industry pricing of about 0.5%, a net cost improvement of $1 billion, excluding the impact of tariffs; and lastly, capital expenditures of about $9 billion. Turning to 2026. While it's premature to give guidance, I want to share some puts and takes as you think about the industry and Ford. First, we have line of sight to recover at least $1 billion related to Novelis. For tariffs, we expect a net full year impact similar to 2025. For compliance, the evolving global emissions landscape is expected to eliminate 2026 compliance headwinds, thereby unlocking opportunities to optimize our mix of ICE, hybrids and EVs and reduce reliance on credits. And for cost, we plan to deliver another $1 billion of cost improvements across our industrial system, which will be redeployed to strategic accretive ICE and hybrid cycle plan actions. Additionally, UAV platform spending will continue to increase as we ramp our Marshall LFP battery plant and change over to the Louisville assembly plant ahead of the 2027 launch. Before we go to Q&A, let me end with this. Our underlying business is strong. And importantly, we are starting to more consistently execute and deliver our Ford+ plan. I'll now turn the call over to the operator. Operator: [Operator Instructions] Your first question will come from the line of Joseph Spak with UBS. Joseph Spak: Maybe just a couple of points of clarification. I guess I want to understand why, as of now, you only thi

Verify independently

SEC filings for F · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.