How manufacturing setbacks, nascent EV market doomed A123
A123 ended up receiving $132 million of an $249.1 Energy Department grant, using the funds toward building plants in Livonia, pictured, and Romulus, Mich. (BLOOMBERG/Bloomberg)
The cuts amount to roughly 5% of the automaker’s connected-vehicle software team, which is under the purview of Doug Field, Ford’s chief EV, digital and design officer.