Ford may have poached him from Blue Bird. https://investors.blue-bird.com/company-information/officers-directors/

I have no doubt Ford will soon be doing the same. I know, I know, office space! Blah blah blah. I don't think they'll let their $1 billion investment in the Drain, I meant I Train Station sit empty. The RTO full-time is nigh.

We can’t make back up cameras that work and we expect customers to trust us with cost effective autonomous driving. LOL. Chief Executive Jim Farley said the automaker expects to start offering the so-called Level 3 autonomous driving technology by... — read more 

This is the car channel I subscribe, unlike other gimmick review, this is what an engineering review I am looking for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCNyhqIuRNw&ab_channel=speedkar99

Compared to 4-5 yrs ago (smart redesign), how many of engineers now have Ford Mexico, Brazil, China, India (GES) engineers on your team? How’s it working out? Is the percentage of North American team members greatly diminished, and do the remote... — read more 

https://youtu.be/tfC_-Ub9lRM?si=Z3SMGOQsHdyKG8Uc

https://youtube.com/shorts/6DPC_-VVebk?si=mn-mGANuX0N7ctJO

Many executives were given the sack, only after a short period (mainly D. Field team). There are equally relatively young persons being hired. Little that I see in town halls and department meetings, but are they fit for this period?

I am starting to miss the mindless troll post such as What does a LL6 (LL_) make, or I am contract and none of the blue stripers do anything or My LL6 does nothing all day.

There are a more than few areas that aren’t adding value. It’s good news that FordLabs is gone, nothing of value came out of that experiment. Ford Next and Canopy should be eliminated, they are dragging down profitability by $5 billion... — read more 

I heard FordLabs was shut down and all employees had till end of Summer to find a role internally. Is this verified?

Give us the good old 5.1 liter V8 and the 6-speed that ran forever. My 2008 had no problems we see in the models today: 10-speed transmissions, cam phasers, recalls. What the heck are you doing Ford?!

Working here was the biggest mistake I've made in my career. Morale is below the basement Pay is below market Co workers are warming their seats, no actual work is being done. Look at good stocks and look at Ford's ; decades of stagnancy and... — read more 

Where is the commenter that claimed the stock wasn't in the cr-pper? $5/share here we come!

Heard Hoevener is out effective immediately to 'explore new opportunities' who is next in LL world?

We are not #1 anymore with customer service due to failed apps like Ford account manager and Ford Pass. dealers are treating customers cr-ppy with all the recall issues. daily complaints about vehicles spending more time in the shop than on the... — read more 

Agency person. Just been informed that I’ve been let go. Staying positive and looking for a new chapter.

Opinion by the Editorial Board. Read it if you have access... Here is one paragraph: "Ford is supporting the Administration’s regulation because it wants to socialize EV losses across the industry, even if this means consumers can’t buy the cars... — read more 

I've been noticing more of my coworkers being sick than years past. I'm seen people with weird heart rhythm problems, cancers, blood clots. Just odd things. Anyone else seeing this?

So much for our planned revenue stream from data sales, the federal government is putting the brakes on that plan. From the Detroit News: The message from the Federal Trade Commission comes after outcry from U.S. Senators and a series of alarming... — read more 

Hello, just spoke to a couple fellow contractors who are having very different experiences. One tried to move teams and was told that there is no roles available for contractors and that there is a push to hire direct employees. The other one was... — read more 

Sounds like everyone here is disgruntled or an H1B desi from some consultancy group

From the Detroit News: Ford tells dealers to pause EV investments as it reviews certification program Ford Motor Co. is recommending dealers halt investments related to selling electric vehicles until after it completes a review of its requirements... — read more 

From WXYZ (you won’t hear about this from Phoebe at the Fre3 Press): “Michigan Central website crashes as tickets become available for grand reopening celebration The website crashed as the tickets were set to go on sale. Photos from people trying... — read more 

Ford $25k EV will hit the market next year.

https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/05/20/the-55-billion-reasons-why-ford-just-made-a-smart/ Just another reason that there is undoubtedly a big layoff coming.

You vote by purchasing from these American companies who sell you out at every chance they get and will continue!!! Ford, GM... sold you out to China, Mexico, Brazil. Cheap labor!!! Americans have been sleeping at the wheel for a long time!!! — read more 

Going to make on demand price reductions on EV’s a challenge Liz. “The primary driver behind the largest WRI point gains is sharing risk and cost in an equitable manner while relentlessly pursuing cost reduction,” says Plante Moran automotive and... — read more 

Even customer service reps have no stability even if they do a great job if they are in the U.S. Ford doesn’t care if a lot of the customers do not like having to speak with reps that they cannot understand. They have even given the chat customer... — read more 

Are you still happy with your decision? When you run the lump sum calculation and set the date for December, 1 2024, has your lump sum number recovered or is it still down x% from the December 1, 2022 high?

Hard to not notice all the inventory piling up on ford lots. Ford can only hide this for so long will have to offer huge discounts pretty soon which will show even bigger losses. Brace for tough times towards end of this year. With only f150 sales we... — read more 

Ford spokesman T.R. Reid confirmed the news, saying Lo notified his team via email on Wednesday that he has chosen to explore new opportunities. The company did not put out a news release announcing the departure.

Week that major layoffs start?

2024 Expedition: the rear temperature control button should turn the rear AC ON or OFF without having to go to the 12” screen to turn it on/off. It’s a needless step and a driving distraction. Sure, bring up the screen for 10-15 secs in case you want... — read more 

So after making significant investments to support Fords fantasy volume projections for EV’s, now suppliers are asked to deepen their losses by reducing costs. Another lesson on why the supply base ranks Ford as the least trustworthy manufacturer to... — read more 

https://electrek.co/2024/05/16/ford-asks-suppliers-ideas-cut-ev-costs-all-win-lose-push/ All win or lose? How do you make up $100k loss per EV?? You can't! This place is hosed.

https://www.carscoops.com/2024/05/ford-escape-maverick-and-lincoln-corsair-hybrids-could-unexpectedly-shift-into-neutral/ Great in-vehicle software! I know, let's keep WFH!