Ford has announced that its global management has committed to assigning the Almussafes (Valencia) factory to produce a passenger vehicle in order to maintain sufficient workload while decisions about the future of electrification are being made, as stated by the majority union at the plant, UGT. This decision was conveyed by Ford’s global president, Jim Farley, during a meeting with the workers’ representatives and the European Works Council in Dunton (United Kingdom), which was described as positive and constructive.
The Almussafes factory had been left with only one manufacturing model, the Kuga, after ceasing production of the Transit van on April 17 and was currently under a temporary employment regulation (ERTE) until the 19th of the same month. The assignment of a new model ensures