VHE VP is retiring
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"new era of transportation and software-enabled services" What claptrap
I’ve been waiting for some grown up at the Ford exec table to wake up from the Futuristic Mobility Dream started by the nutty professor moonbeam. At this point I’ve come to the conclusion that they won’t until they are bankrupt.
Here’s a clue. The point of transportation is to go from point A to point B. The point of a personal vehicle is to conveniently drive from point A to point B whenever you want. The paying public doesn’t give a hoot about any of the software enabled services. They have this thing called a cellphone in their pocket. Get outside of the Ford bubble and the metro detroit bubble and listen to what customers and potential customers are saying about Ford and all the claptrap JF and DF are spewing. It ain’t good.
The theme is I want to buy a simple gas powered vehicle like the maverick or like the old Ford ranger, not some electric monster truck that won’t fit in my garage and is inconvenient and defect ridden.
In case you haven’t received John Q Public’s message. A truck is a truck. A truck is not an iPhone. A truck is not a TV. A truck is not an electronic toy.
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If the Ford + plan is doing so well, why was Ford not prominently featured in today’s Detroit News article on the best new features in vehicles? Out 13 new features, Ford has only one, car 2 car charging in the Lightning, which nobody is buying. Other VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, which we are, beat us out on 12 of 13 new features, explain why Model e is so far behind that curve.
"new era of transportation and software-enabled services"
Did you catch that? This is what the Ford+ Plan is all about and why the Ford transformation will put us above all the other mobility companies.
Ford announced that Marion Harris – president and CEO of Ford Credit – will retire in March, and his replacement has already been tabbed – Cathy O’Callaghan, Ford’s current vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer. O’Callaghan will be replaced by Mark Kosman, who currently serves as the company’s director of global accounting. Harris has been in his current role since 2019, and previously served as the company’s CFO and treasurer, along with various other roles in his 25-year career at The Blue Oval.
“Under Marion, Ford Credit was a source of strength through the global pandemic and now is remaking itself to support customers, dealers, and Ford in an entirely new era of transportation and software-enabled services,” said Ford CFO John Lawler. “Cathy is exceptionally well prepared to help complete that transition and grow the business, with her comprehensive global knowledge about Ford and an attention to customers that’s vital to winning over the long haul.”
“It’s really been an honor to serve this great American company for so long and to be leaving Ford Credit financially strong, with a great growth plan and a leadership team that will get it done,” Harris said. “We’re transforming the experience for our customers and dealers, so that Ford Credit remains a powerful reason why people choose and stay with Ford Motor Company.”
Not DF.
Nice try though.