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I was talking to my Bro about 3 years ago on this and we agreed all those mentioned are essentially f**ked. Ford have no idea. Hyundai and Kia will dominate the market over there and provide cheapish and quality impressive cars to the west. GM is a joke. The German makers, not so sure. They are trying but I think a little too late.Ford are in deeper poo than most people imagine. They are pulling out or shutting factories all over the globe and are deeply in debt, yet they need massive investment in alternative fuel vehicles. Tesla is eating them for breakfast in the EV market and their main income stream continues to be the large pickup truck market in the USA.
They are increasingly being challenged in that segment though, so they better pull their finger out quick.
In the car market, yes Tesla is making mince of all the competition currently and is geared up to continue to pull away into a higher league. Tesla's biggest competition is likely to come from Korea, in the form of Hyundai/Kia Group and from China where the BYD company is also vertically integrated, making a wide range of EV vehicles, their own made batteries and even their own semiconductor production. They are in fact one of the fourth largest Li-ion battery manufacturers in the world.
However, Tesla is ramping up far faster and accelerating away from all others, with their Chinese Gigafactory already running and exporting the modelY to Europe, in advance of the Berlin Gigafactory that will come on-line in the next three months. When the Tesla 4680 battery production begins in Berlin it will be yet another game changer and will dwarf all other car producers due to the efficiency of production.
Where are Ford, General Motors, Stelantis and Toyota? Falling further behind every day.
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Good Agricultural Green field land carved up waiting for industrial units customers STILL after ineos Grenadier pulled out when stacks of industrial units AND fords factory lay empty allegedly next door???
What a shambles! All that land and taxpayer's money wasted, partly due to Ineos. While the French Mercedes factory is undoubtedly modern and within the EU, the Ford factory would have suited them fine and without all that land and money being wasted. Maybe Ford wouldn't sell or lease to them? Mercedes has though.View attachment 997828
Good Agricultural Green field land carved up waiting for industrial units customers STILL after ineos Grenadier pulled out when stacks of industrial units AND fords factory lay empty allegedly next door???
Dripford gang at Cardiff owners???Maybe the owners of the site have other plans? I wouldn't worry about land being built on, there is plenty of land about.
The Ford Bridgend factory was specifically for building engines, no way would it have suited Ineos, Vehicle assembly requires big open spaces and lots of head room, robot welding lines, paint spraying tunnels and ovens etc. I do wonder though about the Mercedes factory they have took on, it does produce rather small cars, hopefully it was laid out with something rather bigger in mindWhat a shambles! All that land and taxpayer's money wasted, partly due to Ineos. While the French Mercedes factory is undoubtedly modern and within the EU, the Ford factory would have suited them fine and without all that land and money being wasted. Maybe Ford wouldn't sell or lease to them? Mercedes has though.
The site is adjacent to the OLD fords engine plant so ineos could have done what they want from scratch allegedly!The Ford Bridgend factory was specifically for building engines, no way would it have suited Ineos, Vehicle assembly requires big open spaces and lots of head room, robot welding lines, paint spraying tunnels and ovens etc. I do wonder though about the Mercedes factory they have took on, it does produce rather small cars, hopefully it was laid out with something rather bigger in mind