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Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
rangerrebew:
Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
17 hours ago Eric Worrall 79 Comments
Essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Breitbart; Another nail in the coffin of the Electric Vehicle revolution.
Ford to trim workforce at plant that builds its F-150 Lightning as sales of electric vehicles slow
by: The Associated Press
Posted: Mar 28, 2024 / 07:58 AM EDT
Updated: Mar 28, 2024 / 07:58 AM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Ford will drastically cut the number of hourly workers at its factory that builds the Ford F-150 Lightning as sales of electric vehicles slow, according to a media report.
Ford began the year by cutting production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after weaker-than-expected electric vehicle sales growth.
While EV sales are growing in the U.S., the pace is falling well short of the industry’s ambitious timetable and many consumers are turning to hybrid vehicles instead.
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Read more: https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/ford-to-trim-workforce-at-plant-that-builds-its-f-150-lightning-as-sales-of-electric-vehicles-slow/
When I first clicked on the EV article (the Breitbart copy), an advertisement popped up offering a discount cremation service. I sure hope this is not because a funeral provider has found a new use for discarded EVs.
On a serious note, my heart goes out to the workers who put their faith in Ford Management’s defective strategic vision, and retrained as EV production line workers. This is not the prosperous future they were promised.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/03/29/ford-drastically-cutting-ev-lightning-workforce-hours/
Smokin Joe:
The article says EV sales are growing, but considering Hertz is divesting itself of large numbers of EVs, some locally, have been dismal failures (a pizza franchise was issued two by corporate, neither made it through the second month of winter before becoming unserviceable), and virtually no one at this latitude is buying them, I am curious who and where this growth is taking place.
My guess would be in urban centers in warm climates. I must also keep in mind that just a couple of fleet contracts could alter the landscape there, too.
GtHawk:
--- Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 30, 2024, 08:55:31 pm ---The article says EV sales are growing, but considering Hertz is divesting itself of large numbers of EVs, some locally, have been dismal failures (a pizza franchise was issued two by corporate, neither made it through the second month of winter before becoming unserviceable), and virtually no one at this latitude is buying them, I am curious who and where this growth is taking place.
My guess would be in urban centers in warm climates. I must also keep in mind that just a couple of fleet contracts could alter the landscape there, too.
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There are so many EV's here in SoCal you would think they cost half the price of a ICE car. I went out briefly today and someone with a brand new Tesla Cybertruck drove by, it loos like a DeLorean and Pontiac Aztec had a drug induced orgy resulting in an absolutely FUGLY offspring :3:
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: rangerrebew on March 30, 2024, 10:15:03 am ---Ford began the year by cutting production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after weaker-than-expected electric vehicle sales growth.
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But did they fire the person who "expected" higher sales?
Smokin Joe:
--- Quote from: GtHawk on March 31, 2024, 03:14:47 am ---There are so many EV's here in SoCal you would think they cost half the price of a ICE car. I went out briefly today and someone with a brand new Tesla Cybertruck drove by, it loos like a DeLorean and Pontiac Aztec had a drug induced orgy resulting in an absolutely FUGLY offspring :3:
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SoCal is a favorable environment for the physical operation of EVs. Add in virtue signalling, and I can see why there are a lot of them there.
Where I live in North Dakota, It is hard to think of a much more hostile environment to the physical operation of an EV. Cold, with -30 not unusual in winter, frequent high winds, snow, etc. You can't just drive, you have to defrost the windows and heat the cabin, too.
It is common for larger towns to be 100-130 miles apart, and trips to medical specialists commonly mean a 250 mile trip--one way, bad enough when you are not well in an ICE powered vehicle, I can't imagine waiting on the vehicle to charge, too.
In summer, with our continental climate, we hit the triple digits, too. Annual temperature range can easily be 130 degrees, and I have seen it near 170.
For those who wonder why I am not a supporter of EVs and the gasoline powered vehicle 'phase out', it is that sooner or later, with the way things are going, Some bloody twit (or an assemblage thereof) is going to try to take my vehicles away, one way or another, claiming that MY vehicle is causing global warming, which is supposed the "climate change" they are bandying about.
I spent my career locating and identifying a reliable, proven (for over 100 years) motor fuel source. Now people from elsewhere, often two thousand miles away, want to dictate what I can or cannot use from places where the weather here is simply unimaginable.
If you can grow citrus trees, pecans, avocados, or even Magnolias, maybe an EV will work for you.
Those species will freeze here, dead in the first winter. EVs don't work well here.
Sales and registrations prove this. From: https://www.badgerinstitute.org/numbers/electric-vehicles-as-a-percentage-of-all-registered-vehicles/
Aside from a very few folks, (likely city dwellers who use them in town, and a few owned by a pizza franchise--two of which died this winter), we just aren't willing to bet our lives on the technology. We know what works.
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