Governor, execs celebrate Megasite news
Blue Oval City will also house a college to provide high-quality training
The announcement from Ford Motor Co. that it chose the Memphis Regional Megasite to build an electric vehicle and battery manufacturing campus drew Ford executives, state and local politicians to a formal announcement Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Shelby Farms Park. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“Blue Oval City will be the biggest auto manufacturing (site) in our 118-year history,” said Ford president and CEO Jim Farley. “It will also be the cleanest and most efficient. It will produce electric vehicles on a scale we couldn’t have even imagined 10 years ago.”
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Rob Moore is an Arkansas native who moved to Memphis to attend the University of Memphis. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English. He covers Public Companies, Transportation and Logistics, and Banking and Finance.
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