Oacjay98

Good points, we will all see how this situation plays out.

We can be as skeptical as we want we are being force fed electrics and governments are mandating it and spending multi billions of dollars it seems as though this will be the new reality going forward.

Thanks for the info I have a better understanding of the situation at CAP now.

Yeah it probably will be one shift to start which isn’t good either

2008 was the last time CAD was at parity with USD I believe

I was thinking to myself what makes us at OAC so special that Ford would give us 5 vehicles especially when BOC is being built. I hope their plan is a good one our government gave them a cool 590 million. Wind down old Edge Nautilus with inconsistent work then sit down for almost a year. GREAT! Then again, it’s better than the facility being closed!

The UAW will scrap like hell to keep CAP running in the future. I’ve heard of the problems at CAP and I don’t advocate closure. That will cost ford a cool billion or two.

I hope so. People at CAP will now wonder about their futures. We all now ICE explorer has up to a decade left. Or am I wrong??

5 vehicles seemed too good to be true in the first place. They probably pulled some of what they planned out of Oakville and put it toward BOC. Who knows anyways and it will be interesting to see if they even meet those production targets of 230000. Will the demand even be there??? What happens to Chicago Assembly going forward??? Volume will reduce at Chicago. It will be interesting to see what plants are left standing after all of this ICE to BEV transition is sorted out. This once again reinforces what I say all the time about Ford changing plans. They can’t even provide a date when the demolition and retooling of OAC begins. I heard October 2023 the Nautilus ends at OAC. The March 29, 2024 Edge ends. That was from a forecasting site not FOMOCO.

I don’t believe the Dearborn plant will ever close. That’s jumping the gun, BIGTIME. I get it, you’re saying down the road. Electrification or not Dearborn isn’t closing they will have product there when they sort through this transition to ICE to EV.

That’s better than getting ripped off at the stealership for overpriced vehicles that you’re likely not gonna get for months or maybe even a year! I will drive my 12 year old fusion into the ground! Can’t afford to buy no new vehicle with us at OAC working three day weeks and being laid off lately every other damn week!

Looks solid but nothing revolutionary

I couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t see them changing that much but we shall see.

You are correct. In the case of a Oakville we have been working 3 days a week for like the past month recently. Constant parts shortages etc etc.

No wonder the next gen Edge got axed here. I pray they don’t screw up EV Explorer and Aviator like this flawed design