{"id":36991,"date":"2025-07-25T19:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/36991\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T19:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:07:07","slug":"the-metro-fords-10b-project-shutdown-sparks-local-layoffs-raises-concerns-for-ev-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/36991\/","title":{"rendered":"The Metro: Ford&#8217;s $10B project shutdown sparks local layoffs, raises concerns for EV future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"167\">The auto industry in southeast Michigan is showing signs of strain.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"169\" data-end=\"501\">In May, Ford ended a major initiative to modernize its vehicles\u2019 computing systems. The <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/ford-kills-project-develop-tesla-like-electronic-brain-2025-04-30\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"406\">\u201cFully Networked Vehicle\u201d<\/a> project is estimated to have cost the company $10 billion before it was shut down this spring.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"845\">That decision had ripple effects for local suppliers. Bosch confirmed to The Metro that it laid off 160 employees from its U.S.-based \u201cMobility Cross-Domain Computing Solutions Division,\u201d including staff from its Plymouth, Michigan office. Back in November 2024, Bosch had announced plans to eliminate 3,500 of these jobs worldwide by 2027.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"1085\">Adding to the uncertainty are new tariffs enacted by President Donald Trump, the elimination of electric vehicle tax credits, and slower-than-expected EV sales in the U.S.\u2014all of which have cast doubt on the country\u2019s electric car future.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1087\" data-end=\"1321\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitchamber.com\/bios\/john-mcelroy\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-start=\"1087\" data-end=\"1152\">John McElroy<\/a>, a longtime auto journalist and broadcaster, joined us to talk about the implications of Ford\u2019s Fully Networked Vehicle shutdown and what lies ahead for EVs in the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The auto industry in southeast Michigan is showing signs of strain. In May, Ford ended a major initiative&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[191,30194,10136,30195,74,30196],"class_list":{"0":"post-36991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-eletric-vehicles","10":"tag-ford","11":"tag-john-mcelroy","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-the-metro"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}