In case you missed it, Ford announced that it’s changing its electric vehicle strategy, swapping all electric, three row SUVs for hybrids in order to “remake Ford into a higher growth, higher margin, more-capital-efficient and durable business.”
AKA – Nobody wants Kamala Harris’ EV mandates, and Michigan car giants like Ford have taken notice.
Michigan congressional candidate Tom Barrett told Fox News that “it is abundantly clear that the federal government’s push to ram electric vehicles down everyone’s throat was unwanted and unworkable. The mandates forced on Americans under Biden-Harris will dismantle what remains of Michigan’s industrial base, destroy American jobs, and make us more dependent on Communist China.”
Here in Michigan, we’ve already felt the effects of dangerously liberal Kamala Harris and her out-of-touch EV mandates. Stellantis and Ford Motor Co. have closed two major engine plants; Stellantis recently laid off over 2,000 workers at a truck plant in Warren; and General Motors laid off 1,300 workers in Detroit.
Kamala’s proposed EV mandate threatens to eliminate at least 25,000 auto jobs in Michigan, devastating lives for a policy that 63% of Michiganders oppose.
Bottom line: Kamala’s EV Mandates are unprofitable, unaffordable, and a bad idea.
Fox News
Emma Colton
The car industry is backing away from rolling out electric vehicles in favor of hybrid options, indicating more defeats to the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to force EV sales on American buyers.
Ford announced last week that the car giant is changing its electric vehicle strategy and backing away from its planned all-electric, three-row SUV, instead favoring the creation of hybrid vehicles for its next rollout of three-row SUVs.
“Our focus here is to remake Ford into a higher-growth, higher-margin, more capital-efficient and durable business, and that means these vehicles need to be profitable,” John Lawler, Ford vice chair and chief financial officer, said on a call with media Wednesday morning. “And if they’re not profitable, based on where the customer is in the market is, we will pivot and adjust and make those tough decisions.”
The announcement is a blow to left-wing electric car initiatives, many of which have been promoted by Harris across her last three and a half years as vice president.
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