On November 13th, according to Xinhua News Agency, Ford Motor Company announced that its production plant in Cologne, Germany will reduce working hours to cope with sales pressure caused by the sluggish German electric vehicle market. Deutsche Presse-Agentur quoted a company spokesman on the 12th as saying: "The demand for electric vehicles is far lower than expected, especially in Germany, so the output of the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center (Ford Cologne Factory) needs to be temporarily adjusted." Ford will apply to the German government for a short-term working system, which is planned to be implemented for three weeks.