also the regular combustion engine vehicles, they also want to dominate that industry and they are moving full force th there. they want to dominate them but i hope that they can keep that stuff on the american side and not have to rely on those kinds of external supply change. anything that doesn t take that into account and you set up the potential flexibility for the opponents or if you set up the vulnerability to our military? that s the wrong answer. we need to do everything to set up the military, not expose vulnerabilities. laura: don t we have a major recruitment shortfall right now? we depleted our own initiations. javelin missiles are all going to ukraine. we have to replace all of those. and now we want to add yet another burden to our already overburdened understaffed military? you said it go so good right there.
the have why are they doing this? ford say they have taken why are they doing this? ford say they have taken this why are they doing this? ford say they have taken this difficult - they have taken this difficult decision because of rising costs in europe, high inflation, high energy costs. a lot of the jobs are going in germany. it is also switching its focus towards electric vehicle production. it says electric cars are easier to develop an combustion engine vehicles. so it says it needs fewer people to develop in design and development and that s why the bulk of the jobs going in the uk are in these development roles in essex. but i think it s also important to stress there is something else going on here, which is that ford are expanding their production in the united states. only yesterday they announced a new car battery production facility in michigan, which they are building in conjunction with a chinese company. and the us government is offering billions of dollars in subsi
cars are easier to produce and easier to develop rather than combustion engine vehicles and it needs fewer people working in development roles. and that is why the bulk of the jobs that are going are in essex which is where the development team is based. so that is what they are saying is happening. but i think it s important to also bear in mind what else is going on. ford is expanding its production in the united states. only yesterday, it announced a new 0nly yesterday, it announced a new car battery production facility in michigan, it s producing these batteries with a chinese company, it s going to cost a couple of billion dollars, it s also worth mentioning that the us government is dangling billions of dollars in subsidies to car makers that create
it s about high energy costs. but, it s also about the company refocusing towards electric vehicle production and what the company is saying is that electric cars are easier to develop rather than combustion engine vehicles and it needs fewer people working in development roles. and that is why the bulk of the jobs that are going are in essex which is where the development team is based. so that is what they are saying is happening. but i think it s important to also bear in mind what else is going on. ford is expanding its production in the united states. 0nly yesterday, it announced a new car battery production facility in michigan, it s producing these batteries with a chinese company, it s going to cost a couple of billion dollars.