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   On 02 Jan 2022, Molly Bolt  posted some   
   news:9d6c2d7a-ea87-4e19-867e-69e71a9fa1bfn@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > Good.  They were just union Democrat voters anyway.   
      
   Ford Motor Co. reportedly has plans to fire at least 1,000 salaried and   
   contract workers as the auto giant looks to offset the cost of investing   
   in the electric vehicle market.   
      
   During internal meetings on Monday, salaried workers based in North   
   America were informed of the impending job cuts, which are expected to   
   significantly affect engineers, people familiar with the matter told The   
   Wall Street Journal.   
      
   A spokesman for the Detroit-based automaker confirmed the news to the   
   outlet on Tuesday, adding that firings will be focused in the engineering,   
   gas-engine and commercial-vehicle divisions.   
      
   Managers told the employees on affected teams that they should work from   
   home for the rest of the week, The Journal reported.   
      
   “We didn’t provide a number to The Journal or confirm its speculation,” a   
   Ford spokesman told The Post.   
      
   “These actions are related to the Ford+ growth plan we introduced in 2021   
   and have been increasingly implementing over the past year,” he added.   
      
   The spokesman continued: “Delivering on the plan includes adjusting   
   staffing to match focused priorities and ambitions, while raising quality   
   and lowering costs. What we’re doing this week in the US and Canada is   
   mostly, but not only, related to engineering roles. People affected by the   
   changes will be offered severance pay, benefits and significant help to   
   find new career opportunities.   
      
   The move comes after Ford touted its “ambitious, comprehensive plan to   
   make the transition to an electric lifestyle” on its website, noting that   
   it has plans to invest “more than $50 billion in electric vehicles   
   globally through 2026.”   
      
   The automaker has already introduced an electric truck, dubbed F-150   
   Lightning, with four models that range from $59,974 to $98,074.   
      
   Though Ford’s revenues were up 20% year-over-year for Q1 of 2023, sales of   
   the F-150 Lightning haven’t been up to par.   
      
   About 4,300 units of the electric truck were sold in this year’s first   
   quarter — about 2,000 less than projected — as Ford’s most popular F-150   
   gas-powered line sold over 170,000 units during that same time period.   
      
   However, the lack of EV revenue hasn’t stopped Ford from persevering in   
   the market.   
      
   In April, Ford announced a $1.3 billion venture to transition its Oakville   
   Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada, into the Oakville Electric Vehicle   
   Complex.   
      
   The six-month turnover will kick off in Q2 of 2024.   
      
   Once complete, the facility will produce next-gen EVs that will hit the   
   market in 2025.   
      
   Most recently, Ford announced that it reached a deal with its EV rival   
   Tesla where Ford EV drivers will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla   
   Superchargers throughout the US and Canada, effective sometime in 2024.   
      
   With lots of costly EV efforts underway, Ford has made several rounds of   
   global layoffs in a bid defray the massive cost of shifting from internal   
   combustion to EVs.   
      
   Last August, the US automaker slashed 3,000 white-collar jobs.   
      
   At the time, executive chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Farley said in the   
   email that Ford will provide benefits and significant help for the workers   
   to find new jobs.   
      
   Then in February, the Michigan-based automaker announced that it’s going   
   to hand 3,800 Europe-based staffers pink slips over the next three years.   
      
   In 2022, Ford employed a total of about 173,000 people — down 5.46% from   
   its 183,000 workers in 2021.   
      
   The 2021 figure was 1.61% lower than Ford’s workforce in 2020.   
      
   Though Ford’s profits have been healthy, it’s unclear if it can be   
   attributed to the layoffs.   
      
   According to its Q1 2023 earnings report, Ford’s revenue was $41.5   
   billion, up 20% from the same period in 2022, when profits were $34.5   
   billion.   
      
   Despite news of the most recent layoffs, Ford’s share price closed up   
   2.2%. Year-to-date, shares have climbed 23%.   
      
   Len Marrone   
   27 June, 2023   
      
   EV vehicles in my opinion and I’m nobody it’s a bad idea. What happens   
   when these vehicles get older who is going to buy a used one knowing that   
   the battery only has a certain shelf life. And then what are you do with   
   those batteries when they’re no good anymore how do you dispose of them?   
   Technically, they don’t want you to throw out batteries that you use in   
   your household. They want you to recycle them.   
      
   Nuttin Honey   
   27 June, 2023   
      
   White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will soon say the employees   
   that lost their jobs were eager to support the presidents green deal and   
   are happy to be part of history to get rid of nasty combustion engines.   
      
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