Ford says chip shortage will force it to halt or cut production at 8 plants: reports

Fox business ^ | 02/04/2022 | Dom Calicchio

[ChicagoConservative27]

Ford is a federal government welfare queen

[Dr. Sivana]

Ford is a federal government welfare queen

Less of one that GM and Chrysler were.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Are these the guys that ruined their relationship with me by going all in on stupid electric vehicles?

Or no?

No more sedans, just trucks?

[V_TWIN]

Not that I’ve ever even owned a Ford but when they and gm got in bed with obama I wrote ‘em both off.

Before that I owned 7 gm vehicles in a row and was relatively happy with the quality and workmanship.

No more.

[BiglyCommentary]

Ford was the one that DID NOT take an Obozo bailout but relied on a huge line of credit to survive. All extensively discussed here at the time.

[nascarnation]

You’re letting facts creep in here.
Is that still allowed on FR?

[AndyJackson]

Ford is a federal government welfare queen

Which is an irrelevancy to the problem that chip manufacturing was offshored to China.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Any shortages of chips for the electric cars?

[DownInFlames]

Actually no, they did not take any bailout money.

[heavy metal]

this just increases the value of my 1988 f250 xlt extended cab with the fuel efficient fuel injected 460 v8...

[Seaplaner]

Similar to you, I've owned 6 Fords. I liked most of them but then they lost me during the first obama term.

Added to which, it did hurt that with every Ford I bought, I was indirectly giving $ to the UAW, thus giving support to the Dems.

Now, I'm a Happy Honda owner, and my Honda was assembled in the USA (Georgia, IIRC), by non-union workers.

As an aside, I do wonder about the alleged "chip" shortage. My suspicious side would like to see a thorough investigation to rule out any intentional slow-walking.

[WMarshal]

President Trump warned those fascist corporate fools about the stupidity of offshoring and the risk to America’s supply chain. Did they listen? No.

Schadenfreude.

[V_TWIN]

You are correct thanks for pointing that out....the other reason I did not mention is the collective bargaining unit piece.

Never been a big fan of unions.

[V_TWIN]

Yeah I also think the chip thing MIGHT be just a reason to artificially inflate prices.....which I doubt will ever drop even if the “chip shortage” is solved.

[laplata]

👍👍

[neverbluffer]

Correct... FORD did not take the Obama bailout.

[roving]

I had bought a new ford at that time just because they DIDN’T take the bailout money

[Terry L Smith]

oh well, ford bought into the “outside of the US chip manufacturing” program.

[Charles Martel]

Ford was the one that DID NOT take an Obozo bailout but relied on a huge line of credit to survive. All extensively discussed here at the time.

Correct. Many of the dealerships sold "Built Without Your Tax Dollars" t-shirts at the parts & accessories counters back then.