{"id":1563589,"date":"2022-07-20T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563589"},"modified":"2022-07-20T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:04:14","slug":"ford-plans-to-cut-8000-jobs-so-it-can-fund-ev-push-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-plans-to-cut-8000-jobs-so-it-can-fund-ev-push-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Plans To Cut 8,000 Jobs So It Can Fund EV Push: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fford-plans-to-cut-8000-jobs-so-it-can-fund-ev-push-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan\">Michigan<\/a> auto giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ford-motor-co\">Ford<\/a> is planning on laying off up to 8,000 workers to help the company fund its electric vehicle (EV) projects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-20\/ford-plans-up-to-8-000-job-cuts-to-help-fund-investments-in-evs?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg\">according<\/a> to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts, though still pending, are expected to be implemented in the coming weeks and will affect salaried workers, as well as the automaker\u2019s new Ford Blue unit that was created in March to oversee internal combustion engine operations, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo deliver our Ford+ transformation and lead this exciting and disruptive new era of electric and connected vehicles, we remain focused on reshaping our work and modernizing our organization across all automotive business units and across the company,\u201d Ford spokesman T.R. Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/ford-cut-8000-jobs-bloomberg-news-2022-07-20\/\">said<\/a>, adding, \u201cAs part of this, we have laid out clear targets to lower our cost structure to ensure we are lean and fully competitive with the best in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Ford did not comment on the reported upcoming layoffs, the company has a meeting scheduled for Thursday where it\u2019s expected to update shareholders on the future of its EV production. The company wants to reach 600,000 EVs produced by next year and two million EVs by 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloomberg report flies in the face of a June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/06\/02\/ford-to-invest-two-billion-to-create-new-manufacturing-jobs-in-michigan#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20are%20thrilled%20that%20Ford,our%20economy%20grow%20even%20stronger.\">announcement<\/a> from Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer that celebrated Ford\u2019s $2 billion investment to create over 3,000 jobs in the state related to its EV production.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled that Ford is advancing its long legacy in Michigan by investing $2 billion to create 3,200 good-paying UAW jobs. Today\u2019s announcement marks another historic economic win for the state in recent months and will help our economy grow even stronger,\u201d the governor said on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud that we came together to deliver economic development legislation that has helped us land huge projects, creating thousands of jobs,\u201d Whitmer added. \u201cWith this announcement, Michigan has added nearly 25,000 auto jobs since I took office and we continue to lead the future of mobility and electrification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor\u2019s office, Ford\u2019s multi-billion dollar investment \u201censures future opportunity for EV manufacturing growth, while securing internal combustion engine portfolio in Michigan.\u201d That promise appears to be at odds with Ford\u2019s reported plan to cut jobs, but it remains unclear how many Michigan jobs will be affected by Ford\u2019s reported upcoming layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Ford admitted that its EV project would not be profitable until at least 2025 when its next generation models come out. Ford CEO Jim Farley also said at a conference in February that EV portfolios were \u201cunder-earning,\u201d and that the company had \u201ctoo many people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan auto giant Ford is planning on laying off up to 8,000 workers to help the company fund its electric vehicle (EV) projects, according to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg. The cuts, though still pending, are expected to be implemented in the coming weeks and will affect salaried workers, as well as the automaker\u2019s new &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}