Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
Imboni i-Silverton assembly plant izolahlekelwa yimisebenzi engu-391, kanti imboni i-Struandale engine eGqeberha izokwehlisa izikhundla ezingu-73.
AbakwaFord bathi ukuthengiswa kweveni iRanger e-Europe kwehlile ngemuva kokuthi i-UK iguqule imithetho yentela ezimotweni ezingama-double cab.
AbakwaFord bamemezele ukuthi bangu-474 abasebenzi abazolahlekelwa yimisebenzi ezikhungweni zabo zaseNingizimu Afrika.
Le nkampani itshele izinyunyana ukuthi izonqamula izikhundla ezingu-391 e-Silverton ePitoli, imisebenzi engu-73 e-Struandale engine eGqeberha nemisebenzi eyishumi ye-Admin.
AbakwaFord bathi ukuthunyelwa kwe-Ranger e-Europe kwehlile, okuphoqe inkampani ukuthi ihlehlise ukukhiqizwa kusuka kuma-shift amathathu kuya kwamabili.
UNeale Hill, umengameli wakwaFord Africa, uthe ama-orders avela e-UK ehle kakhulu ngemuva kokuthi imithetho emisha yentela yenza amaveni ahamba ngamabili abiza kakhulu. Kusukela ngoMbasa ka-2025, lezi zimoto zizokhokhiswa intela njengezimoto zabagibeli esikhundleni sezimoto zentengiso.
UHill uthe i-plug-in hybrid Ranger, eyakhelwe uku-export kuphela, nayo yehlulekile ukufinyelela kwimigomo yokuthengisa. “Yimoto ebizayo,” etshela abeReuters, wengeza ngokuthi ayifanele ukungena e-Europe mahhala.
Inkampani ithe iyazisola ngokuncishiswa kwemisebenzi kodwa izohlinzeka ngamaphakheji okuhlukanisa ngokuzithandela.
Inyunyana yabasebenzi iSolidarity ixwayise ukuthi ukudilizwa kwabasebenzi kungase kubonise izinkinga ezibanzi embonini yezimoto.
“Lokhu kungaba yisiqalo sokulahleka kwemisebenzi okubhekene nayo yonke imboni yezimoto eNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uWillie Venter, iPhini likaNobhala Jikelele wenyunyana.
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, abakwaFord bathi ukuthengiswa kwakuleli kuzinzile futhi kuyakhula kancane. Kodwa imboni yase-Silverton, engakha izimoto ezingu-200,000 ngonyaka, izokhiqiza cishe u-100,000 kulo nyaka.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Imboni yokukhiqiza iFord.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ford Motor Company