Ford delays launch of Tennessee-built EV truck to 2027
Kel Kearns, former plant manager of BlueOval City, wraps up a test drive of the Ford F-150 Lightning truck in Downtown Memphis April 14, 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
The company said delaying the launch will enable the company to use lower-cost battery technology and take advantage of other cost breakthroughs while the market continues to develop.
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Ford Motor Co. BlueOval City auto manufacturing Ed Stanton BlueOval SKAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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