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Ford Cuts Production at Small Car, Hybrid, EV Plant
Ford Motor Co. is canceling one of three shifts and laying off 700 hourly and salaried employees at its factory in Wayne, Mich.
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Ford Motor Co. is canceling one of three shifts and laying off 700 hourly and salaried employees at its factory in Wayne, Mich.
The plant makes the Focus small car, C-Max small MPV hybrid and electric versions of both vehicles. But demand for all the factory's models has cooled since fuel prices dropped.
The Wayne plant was idled for a combined 10 weeks last year to help trim dealer inventories. Ford says many of the laid-off workers are likely to transfer to other Ford production facilities within in the next 12 months.
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