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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

I think Ford regrets the whole BOC thing. For the time being, these vehicles could have been accommodated in a present plant.

This plant is going to be Ford's Saturn. Saturn was supposed to build 500000 vehicles a year but got scaled back. Unless hybrids and ICE vehicles are in the mix for this BOC, this plant will probably never break 125-150k units a year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/climate/biden-epa-auto-emissions.html

The problem is the entity that allows them to come back in the first place.b

Of course not, I know how the system works. But if they wanted to get rid of the loafers bad enough they would find a way. Weak management allows these people to come back time and time again. They need to draw a line.

No. Those who are not doing their jobs or comes to work need to be disciplined, however that is management's job. People only get away with what they are allowed to.

No. One of the principles of TQM and Demmings is that management is ultimately responsible for quality. If it goes out the door the onus is on management to fix it