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Ford Cuts Jobs, Investment for Michigan Electric Vehicle Battery Plant Linked to Chinese Firm
Breitbart ^ | 11/21/2023 | John Binder

Posted on 11/21/2023 6:19:45 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Ford Motor Company and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) are already cutting jobs and financial investment at an Electric Vehicle (EV) battery plant set for Marshall, Michigan.

In February, Ford announced the collaboration with CATL — China’s premier battery supplier — to build a $3.5 billion plant in the small community of Marshall that executives said would create 2,500 jobs.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automotive; batteries; battery; bide; biden; chicoms; china; chinese; corruption; donatefreerepublic; electric; evs; ford; jobs; michigan
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1 posted on 11/21/2023 6:19:45 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Are you certain it isn’t lack of demand?


2 posted on 11/21/2023 6:25:10 PM PST by Graybeard58 (There are only two sexes but there are 57 different types of queers.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
We do not trade with the enemy. China IS THE ENEMY. Good on Ford. There's nothing they can make that we cannot make better. After all, remember all the Chinese junk we've all be unfortunate enough to purchase from AmaChinazon.
3 posted on 11/21/2023 6:26:46 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have owned a number of Ford vehicles through the years; always very happy with them for dependability and easy maintenance. Glad they’re coming to their senses once again.

Just stop, though! Be on The Side of Right from this day forward! Stop making me have to DEFEND you in ANY way, shape or form. Enough! Don’t be a dick, Ford.


4 posted on 11/21/2023 6:35:12 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Excellent. Had to listen to their crap commercials all summer. Old folksy guy saying how great it would be for example, meanwhile there was corruption (apparently) as local township authorities all signed NDA agreements. <== These were the liars and thieves (all republicans) that were all recalled a couple weeks ago. Ford apparently had the wisdom to shut this chicom venture down. WHitler’s fingerprints were all over this and a good bet this commie tramp will be Newsome’s pick for VP.

Marshall is emblematic of what all those ‘Pure Michigan’ commercials a few years ago were.


5 posted on 11/21/2023 6:36:24 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Marshall did not want the plant.

It is interesting how these Chi-Coms do not want to build their plants in areas that have the infrastructure already in place and people willing to be employed by them.

Instead they pick small rural areas where they will be building over prime farm land and will have to import their workers.

Do you find that interesting?

Because I find it simply fascinating.

6 posted on 11/21/2023 6:53:56 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: quantim
"those ‘Pure Michigan’ commercials"

Since 2018, that image has been soiled.


7 posted on 11/21/2023 6:57:31 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: clearcarbon

LOL, that’s a keeper! (in fact I’m stealing it)


8 posted on 11/21/2023 7:09:27 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Never been much of a Ford fan & never owned one of their products, although there are a few of the older ones that appeal to me. In this instance, I think Ford is doing the right thing; apparently moving away from EV production.


9 posted on 11/21/2023 7:18:21 PM PST by oldtech
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To: oldtech

They have to. If they keep making EVs for much longer they’ll be bankrupt.


10 posted on 11/21/2023 7:25:52 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative)
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To: quantim

11 posted on 11/21/2023 7:39:42 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“”executives said would create 2,500 jobs””

Just how many of those 2,500 jobs were for firefighters to fight the battery fires?


12 posted on 11/21/2023 7:54:14 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Indeed Trump warned them you’ll be out of a job in two years.


13 posted on 11/22/2023 8:25:53 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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