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Ford Owners and Prospective Buyers: An
Outdated View of the Company
The Public's Perception
Source: (https://twitter.com)
Consumers who are Unaware of Innovation
What are consumers saying?
Source: (https://twitter.com)
Ford's Technological Innovation Initiatives
What is Ford actually doing to be innovative?
"Ford now uses several sustainable materials -- "In Detroit, Ford hired 400 engineers
including rice hulls, and many others -- inside from BlackBerry Ltd. To bolster its in-
the vehicle to make it more ecofriendly." - house software expertise and to help
develop new in-car digital features
Carrie Majeske, Ford Sustainability Manager
including dashboards." -
Autonews.com
- Communications Manager
Minesh Bhagaloo
Source: (https://www.autonews.com)
Employees are Concerned About EV's
"Ford has estimated electric cars will require 30 percent fewer hours of labor per vehicle and
50 percent less factory floor space" - Automotive News
"[Ford] will significantly increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022" -
Chairman Bill Ford
“There’s a potential for our jobs to be gone -- they don’t need us anymore...it scares us” -Tim Walbolt,
president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW)
Source: (Bloomberg)
Management's Opportunity
§ Innovative
§ Technological
§ Research-Oriented
Index
GM and Ford CEOs Now Say GM Strike Over EV Concerns
Shareholder Value is No Longer
Tesla Pickup Truck
What Matters Most
Global Restructuring
Global Restructure
$11 Billion Dollar plan
-Elon Musk
Source: (Inverse.com)
GM Investment in New Technology
Source: (media.gm.com)
GM Strikes
Source: (https://www.autonews.com/)
Shareholder Value is No Longer What Matters Most
“General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO
Jim Hackett were among 181 signatories of a
declaration by something called the Business
Roundtable that says now, unlike in decades
past, maximizing value for shareholders and
owners should not be the main priority of a
corporation.”
Source: (https://jalopnik.com)