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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

Baua Electric

Rumors started brewing about the future of the plant in two years ago, when Ford made the call to build its next-gen EVs in Spain and not reboot and retrain workers at Saarlouis. BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

Cars That Think

And it's already clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the arrival of the future along several dimensions. On top of the damage it has wreaked on human lives, the pandemic has brought increased costs to individuals and businesses alike. Remote working has become the new status quo in many sectors.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

Green Car Congress

The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.