Blue Oval City will assemble an expanded lineup of electric F-Series vehicles and will include a BlueOvalSK battery plant, key suppliers and recycling. Ford’s new Tennessee plant is designed to be carbon neutral with zero waste to landfill once fully operational. In central Kentucky, Ford pla...
DETROIT (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers union is petitioning the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election at a Kentucky battery plant run by a Ford Motor joint venture, the union said in a release Wednesday. The BlueOval SK plant, owned by a partner...
Ford has announced that it will lead America's shift to electric vehicles with two new massive investments in the U.S. Together with its battery partner, SK Innovation, Ford will build manufacturing campuses - "mega-sites" - in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of ...
is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed two months ago during a strike by the United Auto Workers union. But the automaker says that due to slowing electric vehicle sales growth, it will scale back the factory size, cutting the numb...
Ford has announced that it will lead America's shift to electric vehicles with two new massive investments in the U.S. Together with its battery partner, SK Innovation, Ford will build manufacturing campuses - "mega-sites" - in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of ...
Ford pulls back on a Canadian battery plant. Just yesterday, we heard about how legacy automaker Ford Motor Co. (F) was likely facing some new labor troubles with its Kentucky battery plant now that the United Auto Workers (UAW) had a “supermajority” of union members in place there. Bu...
The automaker is also building a new $5.8 billion battery manufacturing park in Kentucky to power a new lineup of Ford and Lincoln EVs. FORD SALES DOWN 33% IN AUGUST AMID CHIP SHORTAGE TickerSecurityLastChangeChange % FFORD MOTOR CO.9.47+0.12+1.23% ...
The creation of the BlueOval City campus – Ford’s new advanced auto production complex that includes the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center assembly plant – is progressing on track. In addition to paint shop and vehicle assembly equipment, installation is also underway for nearly 4,000 tons...
Ford’s second-generation electric truck, code-named Project T3, will be made at the facility beginning in 2025. Twin battery plants being built by Ford in Glendale, Kentucky, will also cost another $5.8 billion, while the renovation of the Oakville, Ontario plant is expected to cost $1.8 ...
where it will build a factory to produce electric F-Series pickups. Ajoint venturecalled BlueOvalSK will construct a battery factory on the same site near Memphis, plus twin batteryplantsin Glendale, Kentucky, near Louisville. Ford estimated the Kentucky investment at $5.8 billion and that the ...