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@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 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.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 8 points 4 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.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 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.