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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Ford cuts 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 800 in UK, after slowdown in EV sales

A Ford worker
Ford’s factory in Halewood, Merseyside. The cuts represent 14% of the company’s European workforce. Photograph: Greg Harding/PA

Ford has said it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, becoming the latest carmaker to try to reduce costs amid slowing growth in electric car sales and competition from China.

The American carmaker said on Wednesday it would axe 800 jobs in the UK and 2,900 in Germany. The company’s UK factories in Dagenham and Halewood will not be affected.

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