Ford has been talking about this for 4 years. I'll believe it when I see it. The fact of the matter is that these manufacturers need to run their production lines daily at capacity to maximize efficiency and justify the expense of being open.
In a perfect world that's what would happen. Unfortunately this is far from a perfect world. Tariffs end up affecting the end user. That's a fact.
Agreed and wishful thinking
Yeah it's easy when everyone eats from the same side of the table.
Iāll take your 40% and raise it another 20%ā¦ā¦ 
Thats fair but Ford does a lot of fleet production. Fleet demand alone has to keep some plants 100% occupied. Or at least I'd imagine so. Plus certain vehicles will always be in demand and aren't individual targeted. the F150 can just stamp out as quickly as possible because there is always demand. No need to make it BTO exclusive. The mustang on the other hand, enthusiast and small market. Its more cost effective to maximized production on models like to F150 and make the Mustang BTO only to minimize its impact to Ford's cost. Same with Stellantis, Jeep can afford to be a BTO only brand while Ram stamps out utility trucks like no tomorrow. Moving an enthusiast product in bulk just sounds and appears to be unsustainable. Think of Tesla. Sure they have BTO but they also have consistent non stop production for certain models in the commercial side. Certain plants are for BTO performance models only, and the demand is still high enough to make those plants exclusive to that purpose and keep one of em stateside as well. I don't see why other brands can't do the same. Toledo can stay 1000% open just doing BTO Jeep orders on exclusively Gladiators and Wranglers. I could also see it feasible to consolidate to just those 2 models as well for the Jeep brand. Just like i think Ford could run of off just F series production alone and cut out the rest. Jeep isn't standing on its own, it doesn't need to encompass the whole market like other brands. Stellantis can utilize its other brands for that within its own portfolio. Jeep imo would be better off as a BTO exculsive brand with a much smaller model range offering. If tesla and rivian can pull off a 3-4 car model lineups. There's no reason Jeep can't.
I see it the same way. What do you think any country can do about opening more skilled labor jobs. I think we are starting to witness automation rapidly consuming the skilled industry. sure we need it but I don't think we can get it back. People aren't efficient enough anymore in many fields that could support the demand. We can't all be tradesmen. There's not much of an option for a young person to start in a skill based industry and just work for 30 years and get out. tariffs at this point is just the worlds shittiest bandaid for a sucking chest wound as far as i can tell. But then again what's the alternative? Its only a matter of time before Walmart and Amazon don't need people anymore. Then what? 90% of the population just lives off government allowance? And the only option we're given to find a solution? a red or blue dildo to get shafted with for the next 4 years!
I don't think there is a "good" for real people anymore. People use to be a corner stone to the economies in which they lived. Now we are merely tiny cogs with little to no power over the machine. It doesn't need us anymore or at least that's were its heading. Why does it matter if you or I can afford a house or a car if there's a larger corporations already meeting the needs of that market? we outsourced ourselves ultimately. A proverbial falling on ones own sword you could say.
Donāt forgetā¦ A lot of Automation (especially in production) is created to prevent accidents, injuries (both long & short term), and quality concerns. Humans are not machines. We canāt do things consistently, efficiently, correctly, and every once in a whileā¦.we stick our hands where they donāt belong and end up with only 3 fingers and a HUGE insurance claim.
. Weāre ALL to blameā¦.for watching those videos! At some point, the bottom will fall out and those folks wonāt know how to pick up a pen let alone write a resume. Off to Walmart they goā¦..
And the rich get richer. On and on it goes.
My ass better be fully retired before then. Gotta bust my ass now while there's still a job willing to pay me this much. IDK if i should have kids cus idk what they'll be able to do 30 years from now.Donāt forgetā¦ A lot of Automation (especially in production) is created to prevent accidents, injuries (both long & short term), and quality concerns. Humans are not machines. We canāt do things consistently, efficiently, correctly, and every once in a whileā¦.we stick our hands where they donāt belong and end up with only 3 fingers and a HUGE insurance claim.
I worked in a factory for 20 yearsā¦.. The amount of $$ manufacturers spend on making things āergonomically correctā just to prevent long term & short term claims and employees missing work - yet it still exists. Thereās always those folks who play the system and fake it just to collectā¦..
I get itā¦.ā¦ and totally understand why automation is important.
Skilled Labor? If youāre in a skilled labor position and actually skilled at itā¦..then you have half a brain to learn more and move up (if you want). Most folks donāt have any motivation or initiative to go there.
Weāre screwed no matter how you look at itā¦.. Too many people making careers from making internet videos.
Oh, I need to stopā¦..
