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Old 10-17-2023, 3:31pm   #1
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Default Lightning Fast Reaction: Ford Lays Off 700 Electric F-150 Workers

https://www.westernjournal.com/ford-...lectric-f-150/

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Ford Lays Off Hundreds of Workers Who Were Building Electric F-150

There is more bad news for the electric vehicle industry.

CNN reported Monday that automobile giant Ford will lay off about 700 employees responsible for assembling the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its highly popular pickup truck, at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, close to its main headquarters.

“We are adjusting the schedule at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center because of multiple constraints, including the supply chain and working through processing and delivering vehicles held for quality checks after restarting production in August,” the company said in a statement.

Ford said the layoffs were unrelated to the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union, according to CNN.

Last month, UAW President Shawn Fain said any layoffs by the company would be an effort to “put the squeeze on our members to settle for less.”


“Let’s be clear: if the Big Three decide to lay people off who aren’t on strike, that’s them trying to put the squeeze on our members to settle for less. With their record profits, they don’t have to lay off a single employee.

— UAW (@UAW) September 16, 2023


B_D commentary: LOL! You expect Ford to pay people to either sit at home, or to build shit they can't sell. This explains why the dude's a union rep., vs. a businessman who has had to do things like....make a payroll.


However, The Wall Street Journal reported last week that it had obtained a memo from a UAW leader expressing concerns about falling demand for Ford’s electric pickup.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that our sales for the Lightning have tanked,” the memo said.

The electric truck, which came to market in April 2022, has been a pivotal component of Ford’s EV strategy. Its production was widely seen as a strategic maneuver by the company to leverage its strong brand appeal among pickup enthusiasts.

Declining demand also explains why Ford has implemented substantial price reductions for the model.

CarsDirect reported last week that the automaker is providing $7,500 in incentives for the Lariat and Platinum trims, which, when combined with federal tax cuts, could amount to a significant $15,000 reduction from the original retail price.


In July, Ford announced it expected to lose a staggering $4.5 billion on its electric vehicle line this year alone.


“For its transparent, customer-centered business units, Ford now expects full-year [earnings before interest and taxes] … [t]o be a loss of about $4.5 billion for Ford Model e, reflecting the pricing environment, disciplined investments in new products and capacity, and other costs,” the company said in a news release.

Nevertheless, the company said it still expected to reach profitability as the adoption of electric vehicles accelerates.

“The near-term pace of EV adoption will be a little slower than expected, which is going to benefit early movers like Ford,” CEO Jim Farley said in a statement at the time.

“[W]hile others are trying to catch up, we have clean-sheet, next-generation products in advanced development that will blow people away,” Farley said.
Hmm, not to get political, but I seem to recall Trump telling auto workers just a few weeks ago that the whole Electric Car push by the automakers was going to cost them their jobs.

700 of them just FAFO. I wonder if they're vote for Brandon again anyway?
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The EV push is a joke. Pushed by the same fools who want us to believe that we can control the weather.

And most of these idiots have no clue where they raw materials to build the EV batteries come from. Or the electricity to charge them.
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Ford is full of shit

This has everything to do with the strike. On the question of getting paid to sit at home...the union is taking care of strikers, supplementing Unemployment with strike pay to make them whole. Non-strikers get Unemployment only. So the folks getting laid off are a sub-class to the strikers.

Ford clearly understands this dynamic.
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