https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/04/09/mustang-mach-e-2021-battery-problem/7153778002/
Ford factories + parts shortage
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/04/08/ford-summer-shutdown-assembly-plants-canceled/7143109002/
Failed launches and deliberate outsourcing rewarded
Here”s the rewards for fumbling the launches and moving business away from US to Mexico and China. Detroit Freep: Hau Thai-Tang, who was promoted from chief product development and purchasing officer to chief product platform and operations... — read more
C'Mon It's a Taxpayer Bailout for Ford (and others).
Why is this a taxpayer issue? Ford introduces a layer so they are not directly in the spotlight. At least the US received some of the money back in the last bailout of the industry. Ford Authority: Despite strong Q1 sales across the... — read more
Ford Stock overvalued?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-motor-co-stock-gives-151221508.html
Blue (Oval) smoke and mirrors
From Ford Authority: “Ford’s retail sales exceeded 2020 and 2019 sales levels. Our customers are really embracing our new electrified vehicle lineup. The all-new fully electric Mustang Mach-E and the F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid lifted Ford’s overall... — read more
Why do they pretend not to see what the worst employees are doing?
They know very well who are the least productive employees, who are the ones that create a bad atmosphere, do backstabbing, take credit for other people’s merits, etc. It is impossible that they do not know. However, nothing is happening and such... — read more
Ford exec pay
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/04/01/ford-salaries-executive-team/4833859001/
Another Town Hall, another 'slogan' rollout
Another day, another CEO slogan rollout. 20+ yr employee and we go through this with every change over. Leadership give these practiced impassioned speeches how THIS ONE is special, new, and life changing. So fire up the printing presses for all the... — read more
Mach E to Mach Zero w/o battery
From Ford Authority. Farley will continue to push the government for intervention knowing that SK violated the patent. From Ford Authority: Ever since the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled against SK Innovation – the forthcoming 2023... — read more
Linked In Followers
Mary Barra at GM has 1,325,189 followers and our own Jim Farley has 20,496. Why do you think that is and what does that mean to Ford?
VW truck built by Ford will be different
Welcome to the Ford family VW customers. Expect delayed launches, rust on delivery, and a host of recalls. We will gladly bring you down to our level. Automotive News Volkswagen said its new Amarok pickup will be clearly different in design... — read more
Ford EV Charger halt
Make customers wait for Mach E and then they can’t charge at home. Priceless failure. OIT — Ford Motor Co. has temporarily stopped selling its home electric vehicle chargers and is directing dealers to third-party sites such as Amazon for generic... — read more
Interesting Article
A good read. See how much sounds familiar. Very informative for salaried, union, or contracted people. The way things are going it is not that the top of the house is totally "don't get it" type of stupid, this is all by design. Their design. A... — read more
Ford Stock Up Again - the power or positive thinking!
Ford Jumps On Barclays Upgrade; Price Target At Wall Street High $16 Barclays analyst Brian Johnson lifts his price target on Ford to $16 per share, the highest on Wall Street, as teh carmaker ramps-up its electric vehicle plans. Read in... — read more
Supreme Court Rules against Ford, Going to impact Financials
From todays Associated Press: WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Ford Motor Co. can be sued in the state courts of people who were k–led or seriously injured in accidents involving Ford vehicles. The justices unanimously... — read more
First day here
It was great for me, I was overjoyed to be able to get a job in this company and I was greeted warmly by my future colleagues. Enthusiasm, however, has waned in the meantime. Now, I don’t believe new employees share that same enthusiasm as I once... — read more
My 2007 fusion keeps on going with >200,000 and no major repairs
How is Ford going to make money with such high quality durable cars? Granted other American car companies have improved as well, but used to be only the foreign cars could do that in the 80’s...
Uh Oh, Back in the headlines
If you can't be famous be infamous. What do you want for $70k these days. From Cazayoux Ewing Law: For years, Ford Motor Vehicle’s F-Series Super Duty truck models have been plagued by an errant suspension system which causes a vehicular... — read more
Latest Recall
Ford Motor Company is recalling select units of the Ford F-150, Ford F-250, Ford F-350, and Ford Escape vehicles over an issue with over-cured tires. The recall began on March 12th, 2021. 18,989 vehicles. Once a week cadence for recalls. Guess... — read more
Ford’s got some enthusiastic people and things are looking up.
"No one is having conversations about reduction in the workforce," said Kiersten Robinson, chief people and employee experience officer at Ford. "Our focus is really on how do we pivot and continue to evolve how we're working."
More PR swarm the humble CEO quietly working at TCF and no one knows. Freep
Ok who believes this one? We all know that guy who only does good deeds when he is sure he will be caught in the act. We all know humble people who routinely help others with no expectation of acknowledgement. In fact these humble people... — read more
Layoffs can't happen soon enough
Layoffs can't happen soon enough right here in Dearborn!!! I hope they get rid of 1/2 (minimum) of all GSR's / LL's / and executives in every department. My neighbor is a GSR-8 (in engineering) and has spent the last year working from home on his... — read more
Unbearable meetings
Meetings are very often a total waste of time. I don’t remember the last time a meeting was convened because of something concrete, useful and meaningful. Most often it is a story that repeats itself over and over again and that not only consumes... — read more
Can Ford do fine without half of its engineers?
Well I really can’t believe someone here thinks that Ford can eliminate 50 percent of their engineers and the company will do just fine. Really? Half of Ford’s engineers are paid for nothing? Does anyone else think so? If anyone actually thinks so... — read more
More Build and Hold: F-150
Just stupid. Just saying. Detroit News: Detroit — Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said it would build F-150s without some electronic modules that contain semiconductors the industry is struggling to source. Happens when you rely so much on one... — read more
Are we next?
Every time I hear Ford is laying off people in other countries I get worried we're next. Could be that I'm worrying over nothing but sadly I can't help it. It happened too many times that we've heard of layoffs outside of the U.S. just to be hit with... — read more
Real companies don’t run to Government to solve their issues
Unlike Ford running to the new administration. All we get is boo hop, need help, need loans, need EV subsidies. What we need is leadership! When will VW buy us? From AutoNews: Days before Volkswagen Group held an event to announce a major... — read more
Ford announces hybrid work model
From WXYZ Detroit: On Wednesday, one of America’s corporate titans, Ford Motor Co., supplied its own answer: It told about 30,000 of its employees worldwide who have worked from home that they can continue to do so indefinitely, with flexible hours... — read more
F-150 Police Vehicle
Lipstick on a pig. Who at Ford does this? Detroit Free Press: F-150 helps officers who need to "transition from busy urban streets to dusty country roads," Ford said in a news release. It's especially helpful for departments that need to tow a... — read more
Ford asks government for EV support
From Detroit News: Washington — Leaders at Ford Motor Co. urged Congress Tuesday to increase tax incentives and other federal funding for electric vehicle technology. Additional federal help will be critical as the U.S. auto industry faces... — read more
Automakers embrace electric vehicles but what about buyers
Excerpt from https://thebusinessjournal.com/automakers-embrace-electric-vehicles-but-what-about-buyers/ "Opinion polls show that a substantial majority of Americans are aligned with Bock. An EV might be on their shopping list if it cost less, if... — read more
Creep reports on Ford’ decision to pick Mexico vs US
Ford Motor Co. "has decided it will not honor its promise" to add new product to the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake and, instead, the autoworker intends to farm out jobs to Mexico, wrote a top UAW leader to union officials in an angry two-page... — read more
Layoffs Ford Spain 10% workforce
https : // planetstoryline.com / ford-raises-630-layoffs-in-valencia-due-to-an-adjustment-in-production