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Ford to spend $3 billion to expand large truck production to a Canadian plant previously set for EVs (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by naturalgasbad to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hats off to those with hope for the species.

I just can't bring myself to believe in Miracles, especially in the face of blind human greed.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

Fuck trucks.

[–] naturalgasbad 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah fuck Canada ig

Edit: just to clarify, the Canadian government gave them more than half a billion for the EV retrofit. Guess that's all money pissed into the wind now.

[–] ZC3rr0r 11 points 10 months ago

That's the worst part imho. We should hold Ford accountable and demand that money back if they unilaterally decide to axe the plan we collectively funded.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Ford is just doing what oil industry is making them do. As more people buy more electric cars, the number of these big-ass vanity throne ships will increase to offset the lost revenue for oil industry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile Chinese companies dominate the world in EVs and with developments such as this they will go virtually unchallenged.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

BYD already has plants in Canada. I'd really appreciate if they just expanded their Canadian footprint - good Canadian jobs, cheap EVs, win-win-win.