Ford South Africa has only shipped a few hundred units of its plug-in hybrid Ranger bakkie since starting production of the model at its Silverton plant in Pretoria at the end of 2024.
The local division of the Ford Motor Company recently announced it was retrenching 470 workers at its operations in Silverton in Pretoria and Struandale in Gqeberha.
Ford explained the move was due to a decline in demand for its vehicles, in particular the Ranger bakkie, in Europe and the UK.
The latter has adjusted vehicle…
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