Ford appoints NHTSA crash-avoidance veteran as chief auto safety officer
Ford has appointed David Hines, a longtime NHTSA crash-avoidance standards director, as its chief auto safety officer. The move comes as the automaker faces scrutiny over quality, including a record number of recalls and NHTSA findings that Ford failed to recall vehicles with defective rearview cameras on time. Ford says it is reshaping quality from development to plants and targets Level 3 automation in 2028.