A man accused of driving a car into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters in Virginia was fascinated with Nazism, idolised Adolf Hitler and had been singled out at school for his "deeply held, radical" convictions on race, a teacher has said.

Ford Motor Company today said it planned to cut 10,000 more salaried jobs, offer buyouts to all 75,000 hourly workers and shut down two more plants as part of a dramatic restructuring plan designed to rein in expenses and restore the struggling US vehicle maker to profitability.