There are 5 article(s) tagged Jim Farley:

• March 2023

  • Ford to build next electric truck — Project T3 — at BlueOval City

    By late 2026, Ford plans to produce 2 million electric vehicles annually across its global operations. 

    By Rob Moore March 24, 2023

• August 2022

  • Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs

    About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustion vehicles to those powered by batteries.

    By The Associated Press August 24, 2022

• April 2022

  • Report shows Blue Oval City, Lightning ‘crucial’ to Ford’s long-term goals

    Ford plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, and its operations in West Tennessee are at the frontier of that goal, according to its latest sustainability report. 

    By Rob Moore April 01, 2022

• November 2021

  • Ford Megasite: An in-depth series on Ford’s new EV plant

    The Daily Memphian launches a special project looking at the recruitment and impact of Ford Motor Co.’s project at the Megasite of West Tennessee, beginning today with the first of three stories examining partnerships between communities and auto manufacturers.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 15, 2021

• September 2021

  • The long drive to making cars closer to Memphis

    Memphis and the surrounding region lost out when the state’s original auto corridor was established in Middle Tennessee almost 40 years ago. But the new Ford plant in Haywood County comes with lessons from that pursuit as well as doubts and the prospect of more change beyond the electric vehicles powered by batteries made at the megasite.

    By Bill Dries September 29, 2021