Ford wants to lead North America’s transition to all-electric mobility. To become a benchmark in the competitive electric car market, it will carry out an ambitious strategic plan. A roadmap that includes the start-up of the Blue Oval City complex that will revolve around the electric vehicle as well as the construction of new battery factories.
The giants of the American automotive industry do not want to be left behind in this transition process towards electric mobility that has begun in the main automobile markets. Ford, one of the giants that makes up “The Big Three”, wants to lead the change that is underway. And for this, it has presented an ambitious strategic plan to society.
The new roadmap presented by Ford includes the launch of a true and huge industrial complex in which the main protagonist will be the electric vehicle. But there is more, as the iconic blue oval firm will build new centers for the production of batteries with which to equip your new electric vehicles. In short, a plan that includes a billion-dollar investment as well as the creation of a huge number of jobs.
Ford will invest heavily in electrification
The ultimate goal of the plan announced by Ford is to make the American car company the benchmark for electric mobility in North America. To do this, it will launch two new campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky
that will produce the next generation of F-Series electric pick-ups as well as the batteries that will power future Ford and Lincoln-brand electric vehicles.
Ford will make the largest investment ever in electric vehicles in the United States at a time that is considered key for the auto industry. Hand in hand with your partner SK Innovation They will launch a whole series of projects that, according to the company, will strengthen local communities as they will generate approximately 11,000 jobs.
Ford Blue Oval City, an industrial complex geared towards the electric vehicle
One of the great projects to which the economic investment that will be carried out will give life is the so-called Ford Blue Oval City. It’s about a industrial complex in which the main protagonist will be the electric vehicle. In these facilities, it will be possible to reimagine how electric vehicles are designed, manufactured and recycled, and the batteries that power them. Ford will launch an entirely new electric manufacturing ecosystem.
The brand ensures that the Blue Oval City will be among the largest auto manufacturing campuses in US history. Just like the iconic Rouge complex in Michigan did at the time. It will have centers for the production of electric vehicles, the production of batteries and a supplier park in a vertically integrated system that will offer great efficiency in terms of costs.
Here the new generation of electric F-Series pick-ups. From the start of production, scheduled for 2025, Ford’s goal is for the assembly plant to be carbon neutral.
Ford to build BlueOvalSK battery park
Also in 2025 the inauguration of the BlueOvalSK battery manufacturing complex. It will have twin plants that will be capable of producing up to 86 GWh. These batteries will be used for Ford and Lincoln brand vehicles.