manufacturing

Ford CEO Not SO Big on Unions Anymore – HotAir

Ford CEO Jim Farley always thought that his company and the United Auto Workers UAW) rubbed along pretty well together. That is until this past summer and fall when the UAW’s pugnacious new president Shawn Fain – after scoring a massive contract victory at UPS – turned his sights on Detroit’s D-3 (Ford, Stellantis, General […]

European Solar Manufacturing Outlook Not So Sunny – HotAir

Those darn Chinese, they spoil everything. Particularly when you’re an industry that need subsidies to survive because you haven’t been able to stand alone yet, even after decades of government largesse greasing your skids. Just when you think you’ve finally got it made, climate cultists have taken over running the country, and are bankrupting everyone […]

Ford Hits the Gas on Assembly Line Shifts – HotAir

You kinda sorta had an idea this news was coming, considering the signals Ford sent out just prior to the holidays. All was not well on their Lightning F-150 E truck line. …You can see it pretty clearly in a chart of the sales. Ford has 30% of all the Lightnings they ever made still […]