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Ford is certainly becoming the decontenting king as well.

The three row could perhaps go to Flat Rock where it was first intended to go before it was allocated to OHAP and then OAC. I know FRAP needs a new paint shop, but that was in the plans until it was cancelled immediately after the 2019 UAW contract was ratified.

Three row could go to BOC?

Perhaps this is the mystery Flat Rock product????

What makes this clown such an authority?

I don't expect either of them to close. Flat Rock may not be the most efficient, but it makes Ford a lot of money like GM's Corvette plant. Closing either of them will be politically toxic and the UAW now has the right to strike the company over plant closings.

gm is even worse.

The UAW won the right to strike over plant closings. Shutting a plant will be a lot more painful for the company than in the past.

The Mustang will probably be ICE for decades to come given the current slowdown in expected EV adoption.

It is the paint shop that is the choke point. Ford twice cancelled a new paint shop for FRAP under Hatchet Hackett.

Was it Mulally or Hackett?

It seems gm and Ford get things wrong more than others. I do not see them as adapting with this move- it is simply kicking the can down the road while abandoning yet more market segments and ceding yet more market share.

Incompetence, incompetence, incompetence. Ford and gm got it so wrong. Why are we to believe them about 2027?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ford-patents-potential-ice-saving-technology/ar-BB1j2nYo?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=ENTPSP&cvid=1e1aedb1cb27487a8befde80194c9420&ei=7

I think Ford and GM are pooping bricks right now. Gm committed three of their plants to EVs and Ford two. I'm sure they are looking to supplement ICE and hybrid production in at least a few of these plants