From Ford Authority. Farley will continue to push the government for intervention knowing that SK violated the patent. From Ford Authority: Ever since the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled against SK Innovation – the forthcoming 2023... — read more 

Mary Barra at GM has 1,325,189 followers and our own Jim Farley has 20,496. Why do you think that is and what does that mean to Ford?

Welcome to the Ford family VW customers. Expect delayed launches, rust on delivery, and a host of recalls. We will gladly bring you down to our level. Automotive News Volkswagen said its new Amarok pickup will be clearly different in design... — read more 

Make customers wait for Mach E and then they can’t charge at home. Priceless failure. OIT — Ford Motor Co. has temporarily stopped selling its home electric vehicle chargers and is directing dealers to third-party sites such as Amazon for generic... — read more 

A good read. See how much sounds familiar. Very informative for salaried, union, or contracted people. The way things are going it is not that the top of the house is totally "don't get it" type of stupid, this is all by design. Their design. A... — read more 

Ford Jumps On Barclays Upgrade; Price Target At Wall Street High $16 Barclays analyst Brian Johnson lifts his price target on Ford to $16 per share, the highest on Wall Street, as teh carmaker ramps-up its electric vehicle plans. Read in... — read more 

From todays Associated Press: WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Ford Motor Co. can be sued in the state courts of people who were k–led or seriously injured in accidents involving Ford vehicles. The justices unanimously... — read more 

It was great for me, I was overjoyed to be able to get a job in this company and I was greeted warmly by my future colleagues. Enthusiasm, however, has waned in the meantime. Now, I don’t believe new employees share that same enthusiasm as I once... — read more 

How is Ford going to make money with such high quality durable cars? Granted other American car companies have improved as well, but used to be only the foreign cars could do that in the 80’s...

If you can't be famous be infamous. What do you want for $70k these days. From Cazayoux Ewing Law: For years, Ford Motor Vehicle’s F-Series Super Duty truck models have been plagued by an errant suspension system which causes a vehicular... — read more 

Ford Motor Company is recalling select units of the Ford F-150, Ford F-250, Ford F-350, and Ford Escape vehicles over an issue with over-cured tires. The recall began on March 12th, 2021. 18,989 vehicles. Once a week cadence for recalls. Guess... — read more 

"No one is having conversations about reduction in the workforce," said Kiersten Robinson, chief people and employee experience officer at Ford. "Our focus is really on how do we pivot and continue to evolve how we're working."

Ok who believes this one? We all know that guy who only does good deeds when he is sure he will be caught in the act. We all know humble people who routinely help others with no expectation of acknowledgement. In fact these humble people... — read more 

Layoffs can't happen soon enough right here in Dearborn!!! I hope they get rid of 1/2 (minimum) of all GSR's / LL's / and executives in every department. My neighbor is a GSR-8 (in engineering) and has spent the last year working from home on his... — read more 

Meetings are very often a total waste of time. I don’t remember the last time a meeting was convened because of something concrete, useful and meaningful. Most often it is a story that repeats itself over and over again and that not only consumes... — read more 

Well I really can’t believe someone here thinks that Ford can eliminate 50 percent of their engineers and the company will do just fine. Really? Half of Ford’s engineers are paid for nothing? Does anyone else think so? If anyone actually thinks so... — read more 

Just stupid. Just saying. Detroit News: Detroit — Ford Motor Co. on Thursday said it would build F-150s without some electronic modules that contain semiconductors the industry is struggling to source.  Happens when you rely so much on one... — read more 

Every time I hear Ford is laying off people in other countries I get worried we're next. Could be that I'm worrying over nothing but sadly I can't help it. It happened too many times that we've heard of layoffs outside of the U.S. just to be hit with... — read more 

Unlike Ford running to the new administration. All we get is boo hop, need help, need loans, need EV subsidies. What we need is leadership! When will VW buy us? From AutoNews: Days before Volkswagen Group held an event to announce a major... — read more 

From WXYZ Detroit: On Wednesday, one of America’s corporate titans, Ford Motor Co., supplied its own answer: It told about 30,000 of its employees worldwide who have worked from home that they can continue to do so indefinitely, with flexible hours... — read more 

Lipstick on a pig. Who at Ford does this? Detroit Free Press: F-150 helps officers who need to "transition from busy urban streets to dusty country roads," Ford said in a news release. It's especially helpful for departments that need to tow a... — read more 

From Detroit News: Washington — Leaders at Ford Motor Co. urged Congress Tuesday to increase tax incentives and other federal funding for electric vehicle technology. Additional federal help will be critical as the U.S. auto industry faces... — read more 

Excerpt from https://thebusinessjournal.com/automakers-embrace-electric-vehicles-but-what-about-buyers/ "Opinion polls show that a substantial majority of Americans are aligned with Bock. An EV might be on their shopping list if it cost less, if... — read more 

Ford Motor Co. "has decided it will not honor its promise" to add new product to the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake and, instead, the autoworker intends to farm out jobs to Mexico, wrote a top UAW leader to union officials in an angry two-page... — read more 

https : // planetstoryline.com / ford-raises-630-layoffs-in-valencia-due-to-an-adjustment-in-production

Ford is recalling around 2.6 million cars in the US starting April 1 to replace driver's side front Takata airbag inflators that could rupture. Ford proceeded with the safety recall after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in... — read more 

Who will buy this hot mess of a mini-truck? We can’t build small cars efficiently so who thinks we can do small trucks. Won’t do 50,000 annual. Another place to lose money in a segment that attracts no one else. From AutoNews: Ford Motor Co.'s... — read more 

Companies are eliminating hierarchies to cut costs. Companies like Amazon and Tesla have reduced middle management positions. In a memo reviewed by the Wall Street Journal last year, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk wrote, “We are flattening the... — read more 

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/03/12/alexandra-ford-english-henry-board-edsel/4662720001/

As I have been reading this posting board for the past few years, what I conclude is that most people posting truly want Ford to succeed, but are very understandably extremely frustrated, and often angry with how things are going, and where they fear... — read more 

It's been a few days since the last recall (or maybe only hours... time seems so distorted under fascist govt lockdown) so anybody have a new recall to report for stuff not bolted together or on fire or with glitchy software? Just askin....

If not chips, why the double digit volume loss on F-150. Recalls, Rust, Ghosting customers? Going to be a very difficult year for Ford and our employee team. Storm clouds overhead right now. From FordAuthority: Over the last couple of months... — read more 

Hourly rate return to normal delayed again until July 2021. Fire the SCU..B.G.

Makes sense on older models, rust discount for 2021's? A new Ford F-150 discount reduces the price of select (13th-generation) 2020 models by nearly $11,000 during February 2021, however, the generous offer is only available in select markets... — read more 

From Motor Biscuit: Could Ford be playing fast and loose with its most important product; the 2021 F-150? Scores of owners of brand new F-150 trucks are complaining about them rusting excessively underneath. They say just days after purchasing their... — read more 

From the Detroit Free Press today. Look who is drinking the California Kool-Aid: The automaker and the environmentalist. It’s not a mismatched-buddy movie. It’s an effort to make transportation safer, cleaner and equitable. Jim Farley and Mary... — read more