2011 ford e-350

Ford Motor Company is an American automaker, the fourth largest in the world in terms of sales in history. The headquarters is based in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. The company was founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903. Ford Motor Company has been one of the largest and most profitable automakers in its long history, and one of the few that survived the Great Depression. Henry Ford's first company was the Detroit Automobile Company, founded in 1899. After some time, it collapsed, and in 1901 the Henry Ford Company was already created. In March 1902, after a falling out with his financial backers, Ford left the company with the rights to its name and $900 of capital. In 1903, Ford attracted 12 investors who owned a total of 1,000 shares of the Ford Motor Company. Ford owned 255 shares. Despite the fears of investors, the company immediately began to make a profit - on October 1, 1903 they received $ 37,000. In the early yea 2011 ford e-350 rs of its existence, the company produced a number of cars, among which were the Ford Model A, Model K and Model S. Model K, released in 1906, was the first Ford Motor car with a 40 hp six-cylinder engine. and was known as the "gentleman's roadster". It sold for $2,800 and was not of high quality, so it was not a success in the market. In 1908, having produced only 900 copies of the model, Ford Motor curtails its production. The failure of the Model K, as well as the Model B, which was also designed for buyers with wealth, forced Ford to reconsider its attitude to the lineup. Since then, he began to focus his efforts on the production of inexpensive cars and looked for ways to reduce their cost as much as possible. In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T, which became the most famous model of the brand and the first car in the world to be produced in millions of series. It was equipped with a 2.9-liter four-cylinder engine, which was paired with a two-speed planetary gearbox. This car was the first to use pedal shifting and a separate cylinder head. With US car prices ranging from $1,100 to $1,700, the Model T first sold for $850 before dropping to $350. Earlier models were made by groups of two or three workers. They were created from components made to order by third-party firms. The cars were assembled just a few hours a day at a rented factory in Detroit. As demand for the brand increased, the company moved to a much larger plant in Highland Park. In 1913, Ford Motor introduces a revolutionary production method - the assembly line. The installation of the world's first moving conveyor belt helped to significantly reduce the time spent on car assembly. So, the manufacture of the chassis took 1 hour 33 minutes. The faster production speed allowed for an increase in annual output to 202,667 units. In 1914, this figure reached 308,162, in 1915 - 501,462 units. In 1920, production will exceed one million cars a year. These innovations were not tolerated by the auto company's employees, so the turnover of employees was very high, while the increase in productivity reduced the demand for skilled labor. Turnover began to fall due to additional costs associated with training new employees. In addition, they generally worked slowly, negatively affecting the increase in production volumes. In January 1914, Ford solved the employee turnover problem by doubling wages to $5 a day and introducing an eight-hour day and a five-day week. In addition, Ford began to hire people only after the interview and took on workers with disabilities who were considered disabled by other firms. https://cars45.ug/listing/ford/e-350/2011