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Ford adding several thousand new American jobs, looks to boost electric vehicle production

January 10th, 2011 davidguide

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor

Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) – Ford announced it will add more than 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in the U.S. market. The automaker also revealed it will begin by recruiting engineers specializing in electrification at the 2011 North American International Auto Show this week.

This year alone, Ford is adding nearly 4,000 hourly jobs at several of its U.S. plants. Additionally Ford also will add 750 salaried engineering jobs in product development and manufacturing.

“Ford is committed to American manufacturing, and we are on a path to add more than 7,000 American workers over the next two years as we continue to grow our product lineup,” said Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas.

He went on to say, “Working with our partners, including the UAW, Ford is finding competitive ways to engineer and build even more high-quality, fuel-efficient vehicles with technologies American consumers really want.”

The company is specifically seeking highly trained engineers specializing in batteries, system controls, software and energy storage to work on electric vehicles.

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