After days of vote tallying and a bit of controversy, major news outlets declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election over Donald Trump in a rather tight race. As is typically the case, the results of these elections promises to have a major effect on the way automakers do business for the next four or more years, and both Ford and GM were quick to issue statements following Biden’s declared victory.
“We congratulate President-elect Biden and the newly and re-elected officials across all levels of government,” Ford’s statement read. It is our hope these leaders will focus on bringing the country together and pursue policies that encourage U.S. manufacturing, sustainability, and global economic stability.”
“We look forward to working with the new administration and incoming Congress on policies that support our customers, dealers, and employees, help strengthen our manufacturing presence in the United States, and advance our vision of an all-electric, zero-emissions future,” GM said in its statement.
Joe Biden has already talked extensively about his plans for the environment, which involve lowering emissions and combating climate change. Regardless, Ford has continued to push forward in this regard, recently signing a binding agreement with the state of California that will compel it to follow the state’s vehicle emissions standards moving forward, which are currently stricter than those imposed by the federal government.
The automaker also recently signed a new labor deal with Unifor that includes a retooling of the Ford Oakville Assembly Plant to build a total of five new all-electric vehicles beginning in 2024, with the first such vehicle scheduled to roll off the assembly line in 2025. In the meantime, FoMoCo’s first-ever all-electric vehicle – the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E – just entered production, and the Ford F-150 EV and E-Transit, the Ford Transit EV, are both scheduled to launch in mid-2022.
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Joe Biden/ Kamala Harris uniting America and Building, Back, Better a stronger future job well done, Congratulations
I’ll second that!
Yes!
Congratulation Biden for taking down a dictator I haven’t seen no mess like this is Jim Jones Guyana tragedy. To think in 2020 from 18 to 100 you can still find 70 million fools to follow a CULT He file bankruptcy 6 times, his Casino went belly up, his University fail, He RAPED a lady, got in office and put kids in cages. Fail on a virus that’s killed 240,000 plus which killed the economy that he inherited from Obama just like his money came from his dad. Now what we looking at is a 74 year old hiding in the White House like a 3 year old at Walmart having a Tantrum firing staff because he LOST. Taking money from the 70 million who voted, for his next FAILED VUTURE He’s good at down on others but Horrible Sour Grapes at LOSING,Silence is the sign of Defeat. I don’t have time to baby him or his followers If you don’t know RIGHT from WRONG. Voting me down is like Spitting on your MOTHER you have No RESPECT for COMMON SENSE or HUMAN LIFE
How can these two corporations congratulate a man of total mediocrity and zero accomplishments. He sold out his country for his own personal wealth. The cheating in all of the big democratic and union controlled states put this guy in. He knows he’s a farce and I only hope karma dies its thing during his term. He’s not a legitimate president in half of the country’s opinion. His calls for unity ring very hollow considering the way they treated Trump. I say we extend Biden every courtesy he and the democratic party/media extended President Trump.
TRUMP 2024!
So, let me get this straight. FOMOCO & Government Motors are congratulating Biden/Harris. For what, exactly, being globe trotting criminals?
Here’s the problem with that. The only thing they’ve won is the lame stream medias’ fawning adoration. This ain’t over by any stretch of y’all’s feeble imagination.
Stand by & stay tuned.
Well, at least now there will be a unified emissions standard across the US. Makes my work easier. Don’t need to redesign vehicles to suit CARB specific markets. Just sell one vehicle nationwide.
Ford planned to implement CARB nationwide on all vehicles anyways to reduce engineering variances and save costs. GM may not have planned for this, so they might feel a pinch.
You spineless, liberal morons. Jumping on the hate Trump bandwagon. Go ahead and slit your own throats ! Biden who you imbeciles Don’t know has not been duly elected. The electoral college has to vote him in, not the press !!!! You asshats !!!
I am truly embarrassed to say I worked in Ford service for over 20 years. I will never own another one. Junk now and have been for a long time. God bless our duly elected President. Donald Trump.
Yeah I’m of one mind -> but 2 different opinions about this….
Its obvious to anyone looking that this is a blatantly stolen election on several levels.
First opinion:
Since the vote count is being handled EXACTLY as instructed by Mexico’s PRI party – who have held power for around a century there, Biden is almost certainly going to be certified as the winner…
Second opinion:
I might have wished that Trump would have been a STRONG president – calling out the National Guard to count votes just as Eisenhower opened school house doors for black kids.
Instead, I get 2 emails a day telling me to contribute money to $Billionaire lawyers who tell the NY Times that they hate working for Trump, and therefore, will be as ineffectual as Bush’s guy who is currently our Attorney General, who incidentally, wanted FBI agent
immunity from any innocents killed at Ruby Ridge.
Trump tweeted that he saw all this coming in June. There ain’t much time to do ANYTHING NOW. So should we congratulate Biden? With Trump being apparently as weak and gutless as he is – I would be surprised if Biden is not certified POTUS.
Jesus’ Comment comes to mind: “Because you are neither Hot nor Cold, I will spit you out of my mouth”. Lukewarm ” I would never do anything against the Clintons – they’re Good People” Trump appears to be the spittle once again.
Do you all consider that republican led states where Biden has won are corrupt? You all don’t make any sense. Sorry about your hate! It’s blinding you…😆
Hate? Really. The hate is what has been spewed at Trump and his supporters for 4 years non stop over made up stories and plenty of pure lies. This isn’t hate, this is common sense amd love for our country. Venezuelan elections were more honest than this one. Take the names and parties out and just look at what happened. Ever see states stop counting? I haven’t in the 40 years I’ve been voting. Ever see leads like Trump had at 3 am disappear over night, after counting was supposedly stopped? Ever heard of a computer glitch giving 100,000 votes to the wrong guy?never mind one computer glitch, but every state that Trump was up in had them. Use your head.
Thought Ford was held its head up high to not use Goverment Money. Many of my relatives who came here for freedom bought Ford’s. Why would you let these freedomm fighters down. Henry Ford is turning over in his grave.
In reply to “Roy Chile’s”…And your lack of the English language and grammer. Just another puppet spouting fake news. All of what this person mentioned of President Trump doing, the Obama administration was guilty of.
What a joke, it’s not over anyway. All these stolen votes will get removed. Trump did win and will be in for a second term. No way a guy as dumb as Biden should ever be president of anything. But the Chinese, Russians, Iranians and any of our other enemies will be happy if he was to win. They own him. If he gets to stay, it will truly be a sad day for America and the rule of law. If they get away with stealing this election, the republicans will never win again. It will just be a matter of time before the demorats have a super majority in both houses. If they don’t have to worry about getting caught, why stop. The idea that Biden got 10 million more votes than Obama in 2008 is hilarious.
Don’t get all butthurt over this. Ford had to do this just in case they get away with stealing this. Besides, the one Ford great grandson, Bill I think, is a tree hugging liberal anyway. He got rid of the money making excursion because his tree hugging buddies were complaining about the gas mileage and how over sized it was.