{"id":100055,"date":"2026-02-24T00:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/894959237"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:03:59","slug":"ford-was-the-biggest-car-company-in-the-world-but-its-hit-hard-times-and-isnt-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/ford-was-the-biggest-car-company-in-the-world-but-its-hit-hard-times-and-isnt-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford was the biggest car company in the world but it’s hit hard times, and isn’t alone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot and 11 other car brands, I\u2019m not sure whether Stellantis is an American, Italian or French outfit these days. But I do know that this particular automotive empire has just suffered an electric vehicle-related writedown of $26.5 billion (\u00a319.5bn). Time for one or two of its 14 marques to be killed off or sold?<\/p>\n

And sticking with the \u2018unbelievable but true\u2019 theme, is it really the case that \u2013 in January 2026 vs. January 2025 \u2013 Jaecoo sales in the UK were almost 570 per cent up (to 4,850), while Jaguar found six cars to register as its factories remain shut until the all-electric GT starts production later this year, prior to first deliveries in 2027? Let\u2019s hope there are enough buyers around with the will and wallet to buy them for a minimum of \u00a3120,000 a pop.<\/p>\n

Talking of factory output, there\u2019s no need to worry yet, but in the longer term there are plans in some influential quarters to replace production-line workers with AI-driven humanoid robots. Hyundai \u2013 which has plants in Korea and across other countries and continents \u2013 plans to start rolling them out from 2028. The first fully dark or blacked-out factories \u2018staffed\u2019 by such robots, supposedly responsible for building entire cars 24\/7, could be up and running five years from now in, you\u2019ve guessed it, China.<\/p>\n

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