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IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2025.11027749

Mike Colias

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Abstract

One summer morning in 2021, Lem Yeung opened an email from Ford's HR department. He stared at his screen. Yeung, a mechanical engineer, had worked on internal-combustion-engine development at Ford for 30 years, the exact tenure that made him eligible for the generous retirement package that Detroit's car companies have long offered. The son of Chinese immigrants, Yeung was also part of Ford power-train lineage—both of his parents also were engineers who developed engines at the iconic company.

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福特从炙手可热到失败：电动汽车转型如何让摇滚明星发动机设计师成为牺牲品

2021年夏天的一个早晨，Lem Yeung打开了一封来自福特人力资源部的电子邮件。他盯着屏幕。杨德昌是一名机械工程师，曾在福特从事内燃机开发工作30年，正是这个任期使他有资格享受底特律汽车公司长期以来提供的丰厚退休待遇。杨家诚是中国移民的儿子，也是福特动力系统家族的一员——他的父母都是在这家标志性公司开发发动机的工程师。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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