slothropDec 19

"YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules

https://lemmy.ca/post/57148310

"YOU VOTED FOR THIS": Ford Shuts Down Kentucky EV Battery Operations, Fires 1,600 Workers Right Before Christmas as Trump Rolls Back Emissions Rules - Lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/32432803 [https://discuss.online/post/32432803] > “There are a lot more people out here living in abject poverty than what people like to think or admit to. You voted for this—and now we’re paying the price.” > > Employees learned of the cuts on Monday in a video message from Michael Adams, CEO of BlueOval SK. > > Adams announced the transition would mean “the end of all BlueOval SK positions in Kentucky.”

Show threadNutWrenchDec 20

“Instead of plowing billions into the future knowing these large EVs will never make money, we are pivoting,” Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley said in an interview with the WSJ.

And yet, you “plowed billions into the future” by building a brand new goddamn factory, you idiot.

Show threadspoopy
Factories take years and years to plan and build, it’s very likely that it was still reasonable that the USA wouldn’t elect Trump for a second term when the factory was approved
Dec 20 at 2:04pmWeb