Ngomhla we-14 kaFebruwari kwixesha lasekhaya, i-automaker yaseMelika i-Ford yazisa ukuba ukuze kuncitshiswe iindleko kunye nokugcina ukukhuphisana kwimarike yemoto yombane, iya kugxotha abasebenzi be-3,800 eYurophu kwiminyaka emithathu ezayo. UFord uthe inkampani iceba ukufezekisa ukuncitshiswa kwemisebenzi ngenkqubo yokwahlula ngokuzithandela.
Kuyaqondwa ukuba ukudendwa kweFord ikakhulu kuphuma eJamani naseUnited Kingdom, kwaye ukudendwa kubandakanya iinjineli kunye nabanye abaphathi. Phakathi kwabo, abantu abangama-2,300 baye badelwa eJamani, nto leyo ethetha malunga ne-12% yabasebenzi basekhaya benkampani; Abantu abali-1,300 baye badelwa e-UK, kubalelwa kwisinye kwisihlanu sabasebenzi basekhaya bebonke. Uninzi lwabantu abadendwayo lwaluseDunton, kumzantsi-mpuma weNgilani. ) iziko lophando; abanye abangama-200 baya kuvela kwezinye iindawo zaseYurophu. Ngamafutshane, ukudilizwa kweFord kuya kuba nefuthe elikhulu kubasebenzi baseJamani nase-UK.
Ngokubhekiselele kwizizathu zokudilizwa, esona sizathu siphambili kukunciphisa iindleko kunye nokugcina ukhuphiswano lweFord kwimarike yemoto yombane. Ukongeza, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso aphezulu e-UK, ukunyuka kwamaxabiso enzala kunye nokunyuka kweendleko zamandla, kunye nentengiso yemoto yasekhaya e-UK eyonqenayo yenye yezinto ezibangela ukudendwa. Ngokutsho kwedatha evela kwi-Association of British Automobile Manufacturers and Traders, imveliso yemoto yaseBrithani iya kuba nefuthe elibi kwi-2022, kunye nemveliso ehla nge-9.8% xa kuthelekiswa ne-2021; xa kuthelekiswa no-2019 ngaphambi kokuqhambuka, iyakwehla nge-40.5%
UFord uthe injongo yokudekwa kwabasebenzi kukudala ulwakhiwo olunciphileyo nolukhuphisanayo. Ukubeka nje ngokulula, ukudilizwa kuyinxalenye yephulo leFord lokunciphisa iindleko kwinkqubo yokufakelwa kombane. Okwangoku iFord ichitha i-US$50 yeebhiliyoni ukukhawulezisa inguqu yokufakelwa kombane. Xa kuthelekiswa nezithuthi zamafutha zemveli, izithuthi zombane zilula ukwenza kwaye azifuni iinjineli ezininzi kakhulu. Ukudilizwa kunokunceda iFord ivuselele ishishini layo laseYurophu. Ngokuqinisekileyo, nangona i-Ford i-designs enkulu, i-Ford igxininise ukuba isicwangciso sayo sokuguqula zonke iimodeli zaseYurophu kwiimoto zombane ezicocekileyo ngo-2035 aziyi kutshintsha.
