Update on Mach-E launch progress from engineering friends in Mexico

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Does anyone know if it's possible that a Car without the panoramic roof could be scheduled behind others, although the reservation was made way before them?
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Does anyone know if it's possible that a Car without the panoramic roof could be scheduled behind others, although the reservation was made way before them?
I didn't realize the roof was an ordering option. Thought they all had the same roof and it couldn't be changed.
 

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I didn't realize the roof was an ordering option. Thought they all had the same roof and it couldn't be changed.
In Germany it was an option.
The offered two Tech Packages which are basically the same, just Tech Package No 2 adding the fixed glass roof for 1000 euros extra.
 

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I've printed some of these ready to use when I get my car. Have been tempted to use them now but resisted.
reminds me of this meme which there are many variations on out there

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Plus it's not quite that simple to "just unplug it." Then again, I didn't supercharge that often .
The car locks the plug in right? So yeah, seems like the message would have to be, "text me and I will unlock the plug".
 

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Just hope you use them fairly, including when an EV blocks a charger too. Not that that's probably happening much yet since there's so few on the road, but it's coming.
I saw that happening regularly (EV blocking EV charging) at work, you know, back before "The Plague" when I actually went into the office. Irked me something fierce even though I'm not an EV owner.
 

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In the long run, when EV's are more mainstream, they will either need way more charging stations, or a more elegant solution to the problem of someone just hogging a station just to park. I hope for more and more stations. Anyone remember 70's gas lines? ugg
There already is a very elegant solution. Get cops to issue tickets. A$250 parking ticket will discourage most people.
 

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I saw that happening regularly (EV blocking EV charging) at work, you know, back before "The Plague" when I actually went into the office. Irked me something fierce even though I'm not an EV owner.
I could see some people trying to claim the "But it says EVs Only, and I've got an EV!" excuse. As though it means it's privileged parking.
 
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North American auto industry feels effects of global microchip shortage
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Automakers in North America are beginning to feel the effects of a global shortage of semiconductors that has caused a crunch for manufacturers worldwide, adding a wrinkle to the industry's attempted comeback from the coronavirus crisis.
Ford Motor Co. confirmed Friday that it will idle its Louisville Assembly Plant next week "due to a supplier part shortage connected to the semiconductor shortage," company spokeswoman Kelli Felker said.
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Ford builds its Escape and the Lincoln Corsair SUVs in Louisville. The automaker said it has moved up a previously planned week of downtime to next week due to the parts shortage. The production stoppage will affect 3,900 workers who will make approximately 75% of their gross pay during that time.
"We are working closely with suppliers to address potential production constraints tied to the global semiconductor shortage," Felker said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said Friday that it would delay the restart of its Toluca, Mexico, plant, which builds the Jeep Compass, and would schedule down time at its plant in Brampton, Ontario, which builds the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger.
"This will minimize the impact of the current semiconductor shortage while ensuring we maintain production at our other North American plants," company spokeswoman Kaileen Connelly said in a statement.

A spokesperson for Toyota Motor Corp.'s North America division told The Detroit News Friday that the automaker has scaled back production of its Texas-built Tundra pickup truck by 40% this month in response to the shortage. Toyota is still evaluating how the shortage might affect other products as the manufacturer attempts to put in place "counter-measures" to minimize the impact.
General Motors Co. has not announced any impact on its production schedules, but spokesman David Barnas said in a statement that the Detroit automaker is "aware of the increased demand for semiconductor microchips as the auto industry continues its global recovery."
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"Our supply chain organization is working closely with our supply base to find solutions for our suppliers' semiconductor requirements and to mitigate impacts on GM production," he said.
The shortage is sending a ripple of disruptions across the automotive industry, according to automakers and media reports from around the world. There are a number of factors that explain the parts issue, but a major one has to do with the pandemic.
When large swaths of manufacturing operations ground to a halt in early 2020, suppliers found themselves with plenty of capacity of fill new orders. But as consumer demand bounced back quicker than expected, much of that capacity went to consumer goods such as gaming devices and cell phones.
When the automotive manufacturers resumed production and encountered more robust demand than they had expected, they were essentially at the back of the line.
"If you consider this to be one of those onion analogies, as you pull it apart, it's all going to go down to the pandemic," said Phil Amsrud, senior principal analyst for IHS Markit's automotive semiconductor research area.
Semiconductors are crucial components used in everything from instrument clusters to the infotainment systems that are ubiquitous in modern-day vehicles. And, automakers are increasingly competing with other sectors for the components as they need more of them for technologically-advanced, electric-powered vehicles.
"It's not uncommon in any year for there to be tightness in the supply chain, but a lot of what we're seeing now is a result of, everybody hit the brakes early last year and then has been trying to read the tea leaves to figure out, when do I start ramping production back up?" said Amsrud. "By the time the automotive (manufacturers came) back, all that capacity is consumed elsewhere."

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. is adjusting production of its Note hatchback at its Oppama plant in Japan. A spokeswoman for the automaker's North America operations said: "For the U.S. specifically, we are working closely with our supplier partners to monitor the situation and assess any potential impact on our operations."
The Nikkei, a Japanese newspaper, reports that Honda Motor Co. will cut back vehicle production due to the shortage, as well. The Japanese automaker will cut production by about 4,000 units this month, the newspaper said.
A spokesman for American Honda Motor Co., Inc. said Friday that, due to the shortage, "Honda's purchasing and production teams are currently evaluating this issue in the effort to limit the impact of this situation on our production in North America and maintain our ability to meet the needs of our customers."
German automakers Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG, too, have said the shortage will require them to scale back production. Also sounding the alarm: automotive parts manufacturers.
"The disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis have caused extreme volatility in the automotive industry," Continental AG, a German parts maker, said in a statement, explaining that the semiconductor industry has lead times of six to nine months and has not been able to keep up with auto industry demand. "The bottlenecks from the semiconductor industry are expected to continue well into 2021, causing major disruptions in Continental's production."
"Internal taskforces are working 'round-the-clock,'" Continental said. "Despite all efforts unfortunately, we have not been able to avoid requesting our customers to adapt their production or adjust their product mix in specific cases."

Going forward, the company said, it will be "critical" to invest in and expand the capacity of the silicon foundries where these parts originate.
Similarly, multinational Germany-based engineering and technology company Robert Bosch LLC said in a statement that it "cannot divorce itself" from a shortage of semiconductor components.
"To make matters worse, one semiconductor manufacturer’s investments in expansions and production increases have been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in significantly fewer chips being supplied to Bosch," the company said. "Despite the difficult market situation, Bosch is doing all it can to keep its customers supplied and to keep any further impact to a minimum."
And the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers has warned of a "relatively big impact" to some production in the world's largest auto market in the first quarter due to the shortage, according to a December IHS Markit research note on the issue.
The supply-chain constraint comes as the global auto industry undertakes a recovery from the early days of the pandemic, which shuttered production in North America for eight weeks in the spring of 2020. Auto plants have largely avoided any major disruptions related to the virus spreading among workers, but other pandemic-related supply issues have at times slowed down production.
IHS Markit's analysts don't see this as a long-term problem for the industry, but one that could cause production snarls through the first half of the year.
"It's a mix problem; too much of it is going to consumer applications, compared to automotive. That will self-correct over time," Amsrud said. "We'll get through this, even though it's going to be an uncomfortable period of time until we get there."
 
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Chrysler Pacifica plant faces blockade over driver dispute

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A dispute over the drivers who move newly built Chrysler Pacifica minivans away from the Windsor Assembly Plant could affect production there if it's not resolved in the coming days.
Unifor, the union representing Canadian autoworkers, set up a blockade outside the plant earlier this week to keep vehicles from being moved out of a holding yard after the drivers who used to do that job found themselves out of work. Fiat Chrysler hired a different company for the driver jobs, but that company did not keep the Unifor members, as the union expected. Instead, the company, Motipark, said its workforce is represented by the Teamsters.
Unifor Local 444 President Dave Cassidy told the Free Press on Thursday the drivers, who had been working for Auto Warehousing Co., need to be back on the job.
“I'm not letting 60 of our members go to the street without going to a job, especially when they're hiring other people to do the work that they do,” Cassidy said.
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A series of photos supplied by the union showed people carrying red Unifor flags and standing near a gate by the plant at Vimy and Walker in Windsor. Cassidy said the coronavirus pandemic has forced him to limit the number of people actually at the blockade, but that he's had requests from hundreds of union members who want to be there.
Cassidy said he's received cease-and-desist letters from FCA and Motipark.

Cassidy was clear, however, that he doesn't want to see production affected at the plant.
"That’s not our intention," he said.
Instead, Cassidy said, he wants the issues resolved before Monday, when the plantacross the Detroit River from Michigan resumes production after a scheduled break. Any ongoing production shutdown would affect 4,671 hourly and salary workers, according to FCA figures.

"The yard is full. Once production starts running, they're not going to be able to haul cars out of here and it's just going to back up, and it's going to shut the line down," Cassidy said. “Nobody's in, nobody's out. That’s where we’re at right now,”
Cassidy's local represents 10,000 active and 10,000 retired workers.
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The issue, reported earlier in Canadian media, follows FCA's decision to hire Motipark rather than Auto Warehousing Co., which previously had the contract for the work. An FCA spokeswoman said FCA is not commenting on the blockade but the automaker did release a statement.
"Following a competitive bid process last year, Motipark was awarded the releasing activity for the Windsor Assembly Plant commencing January 1, 2021," according to the statement sent by LouAnn Gosselin, spokeswoman for FCA Canada.
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Cassidy said he had tried to connect with Motipark leadership to work out a deal, but they stopped responding. He said the Motipark workers make less than the AWC workers did.
Tony De Thomasis, president and CEO of Motipark and its affiliated transport and storage companies, Essex Terminal Railway and Morterm, provided a statement about the situation:
"Motipark Limited is proud to have been awarded a service contract for vehicle handling work at FCA Canada’s Windsor Assembly Plant effective Jan. 1, 2021. We have our own workforce in place, represented by the Teamsters Union. Should the need arise in the future for new hires, we will be happy to consider the prior vendor's employees."
Cassidy said Unifor and Teamsters officials have been in discussions over the situation. A message seeking comment was left for Teamsters officials in Canada.
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Cassidy was blunt when asked about having a different union representing the drivers.
“We’re not going to let it happen," Cassidy said, noting that having the drivers represented by a different union could have significant consequences for his members.
"Can you imagine if they went on strike and then they shut the plant down?" Cassidy said.
 
 




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