Ford Kills Electric F-150: Will Kansas City Workers Benefit?!?

Today jobs numbers were mixed as the healthcare sector earned a boost but unemployment overall continues to rise. 

Translation . . . Like it or not, there's a lot of work to be done cleaning up after Boomers in every sense. 

Meanwhile . . .

We wanted to highlight another economic tidbit that might not earn a lot of local play . . .

FORD KILLING THE F-150 LIGHTING MIGHT SAVE JOBS AT CLAYCOMO!!!

Remember . . . 

This year started with significant contract cuts at the Kansas City metro Ford Assembly plant . . . In fact . . . Around the nation we've noticed auto workers taking a hit because of so-called "retooling" as companies were excited about electric until Prez Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" cut subsidies.

We can only hope a delay in that strategy might encourage automakers to stop the cuts and keep more local workers . . .

Meanwhile . . . Here are the deets of yet another EV disappointment with a connection to KCMO . . .  

"Ford is rethinking its electric vehicle and battery strategy, dropping the all-electric version of the F-150 Lighting and putting more of its money into hybrid trucks and energy storage to support data centers and grid stability. 

"The company will no longer make a large all-electric truck"

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Ford pivoting to hybrids, dropping all-electric F-150, sees $20B in charges

By 2030, about 50% of Ford's global volume will be hybrids, extended-range EVs and electric vehicles.

Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions

The move comes as a response to the Trump administration's waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.

Developing . . .