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  1. The employee lot at the Ford facility I work at used to be nearly exclusively FoMoCo products. Now? The non ford parking area seems to get fuller every year. The younger employees are finding vehicles they can afford. And I can’t say I blame them.
  2. And for those wondering, like I was….
  3. Blue oval city…. A brand new, from the ground up faculty focused on EV’s. Now with this split, Ford is gonna fight like HELL to keep the UAW out of there. How? Separate the EV business from the ICE business. Like they just did! But not just “on paper”. As soon as the new campus gets ready to open, they “officially” spin it off into a new company. A company not bound by any previous contracts. And let the UAW get left behind on the ICE ghost ship to eventually sink on its own.
  4. I’ll never own one… but I watched Andre from TFL’s quick look and came away impressed. Looks good. I think the pass through is cool and smart. I credit the lightning for some of the features I saw. Overall I’d say well done to GM. Hopefully they can get them built in a timely manner.
  5. Don’t know the answer specifically …. But after a summer and fall of many down weeks due to the chip shortage. Our facility ( an engine plant) is back to full 3 shifts working with no down weeks. I think they’re getting a handle on things. Not 100% yet. But I think the log jam is definitely moving.
  6. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/g38095336/jeep-wrangler-overlook-concept-gallery/?_gl=1*1p1a87p*_ga*YW1wLWJaMTdES1FBYW1ZZUZ0aVg5RkdJa1BsXzFHdlVzdm1sakZiNUljbHd3TXFGVlM3eFQycDJLLU9Za2VncEc0WTE. Looks good to my eyes. That safari roof does it for me too!
  7. Wow good for them. Meanwhile, on the factory floor, Ford management makes it nearly impossible to get a day off. And then wants the hourly grunts to pre schedule their sick days. ( I’m not kidding). And we get to be the last lucky souls that are still mandated to wear a mask all day 10+ hours in the factory summer heat while most of the country breathes freely again. I guess a college degree now entitles people to work in their pajamas all day now. Good for them I suppose.
  8. Any word on if the hybrid will be able to drive a few miles on EV mode only?
  9. Question for someone smarter than me here..... it seems the the oil producing companies of the world ( domestically, Middle East, Russian) aren’t just going to shrug their shoulders and say “ oh well, I guess no one wants our oil anymore”. Can’t they continue to push the price of oil down to keep the public demanding ICE vehicles because it’s just so cheap? $1.35 a gallon gasoline is hard to argue with.
  10. He may be right about that with every other car EXCEPT the 2012 and up Focus. The Auto’s are crap. The MT are the only ones that are going to last. I picked up a ‘16 SE HB with the 2.0 5spd with only 29k miles on it recently. I paid up for it. $13k. My thoughts were it was a high asking price, but then said to myself.. “find another one with these low miles and a MT.? “ There really aren’t any. So I pulled the trigger. And have been very pleased with the purchase!
  11. BSP has always seemed linked closely with OAC. Just wondering if anyone “in the know” has heard anything about if the Canadian deal helps Buffalo’s future. BSP seemed kinda of left out of the last contract, product wise.
  12. The building hasn’t been torn down. It’s still there. I just drove by it yesterday. However, it’s definitely empty. And definitely not running parts. There’s a “for sale “ sign in front of it.
  13. I haven’t a clue about how many workers are on a Mexican Ford engine assembly line. But for reference, the Ford engine plant I work in has about 160 direct labor employees on each of its two assembly lines. Still more humans than robots. For now?!
  14. Again, I’m “in house”. And literally nobody is echoing these sentiments. It just makes for eye grabbing headlines.
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