Ladies and gentlemen, Ford has just rolled out their latest Homer 2.0 moment and no, I’m not talking about Homer Simpson designing a car with a bubble dome and a La-Z-Boy recliner. I’m talking about Ford exec Homer, the man who has turned EV dreams into billion-dollar dumpster fires.
Now, Homer’s telling us this is the Model T moment. Really? The Model T brought the world the car. Homer’s Model T moment is like if Henry Ford said, ‘What if… we make it slower, uglier, and on fire half the time but call it progress!’
Every EV project? Dead. Every startup partnership? Gone faster than free pizza in the break room. Billions of dollars down the drain that’s not a business plan, that’s a reality TV show called Corporate Survivor: Detroit Edition.
And the excuses? Oh, they’re endless. The market! The supply chain! The moon’s in retrograde! Mercury’s in Gatorade! Everyone and everything else is to blame… except the Ford executives themselves. They’re walking around in Teflon suits and matching Teflon underpants nothing sticks, baby! They could drive the company straight into the side of a barn and somehow blame the barn.
The Model T put the world on wheels. Homer’s version? It’s putting shareholders on Xanax. It’s like watching a guy lose every hand at poker and still shout, ‘One more round, I’m feeling lucky!’ No, Homer. Step away from the wheel. Put down the keys. This isn’t a Model T moment it’s a clown car parade, and you’re leading it.