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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)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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] 16 points 3 months ago

Fuck trucks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 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] 9 points 3 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 3 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.