Staff Reports
Ford’s spectacular retreat from its electric vehicle crusade is a telling indictment of left-wing fantasies run amok in the boardroom. After pouring billions down the drain chasing a green pipe dream, the Detroit giant is finally admitting what common sense and the free market always knew: Americans want reliable gas-powered trucks and cars, not overpriced, underperforming electric vehicles pushed by woke elites. The $19.5 billion write-down isn’t just a financial loss; it’s a humiliating confession that the anti-American push to force EVs on hardworking families has failed spectacularly.
For years, Ford’s liberal leadership drank the Kool-Aid fed to them by globalist activists and bureaucrats obsessed with “saving the planet” at any cost. They bought into the myth that EVs were cheaper to build, easier to produce, and the future of transportation. But reality hit like a lead pipe. Instead of soaring profits, Ford encountered harsh losses — a staggering $13 billion wiped out just since last year. The so-called “future of cars” turned into a money pit of epic proportions. Now, Ford is backtracking, shifting focus to familiar territory: good old-fashioned gasoline engines and hybrids. This isn’t innovation; it’s damage control.
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The failure of Ford’s EV push also exposes the arrogance of corporate elites who thought they could outsmart American consumers by dictating what kind of cars they should buy. Joe Biden and his environmental cronies want to force everyone into electric cars with cracked batteries and limited range, but they forget that most Americans live in rural areas and work jobs that require tough, dependable trucks. These people aren’t interested in impractical technology or being told how to live by coastal bureaucrats and Silicon Valley zealots. Ford’s pivot back to gas trucks acknowledges that truth.
What’s more, this debacle highlights the folly of the government’s massive subsidies and incentives for electric cars. Taxpayer dollars propped up these failing EV ventures while raising prices on everyday Americans. And for what? So Big Green and globalist billionaires can pat themselves on the back while families get stuck with cars that can’t go the distance? Ford’s CEO finally admitted they can’t make money on pure EVs, so they’re flooding the market with hybrids and extended-range vehicles instead. That’s not progress — it’s a retreat fueled by political pressure and market failure.
If the lesson here isn’t clear, let it sink in now: America’s future isn’t electric — it’s gas. The forced EV revolution was nothing more than a reckless power grab motivated by left-wing ideology, not consumer demand. Ford’s massive losses should serve as a warning to other companies and politicians chasing the same pipe dream. Stop trying to force-feed Americans something they don’t want and can’t afford. We’re better off sticking to what works. So here’s the question for the elites: how many more billions will be wasted before they admit defeat for good?
