Ford says it will roll out a new, faster way to build EVs
The new Ford Universal EV Platform “represents the most radical change on how we design and how we build vehicles at Ford since the Model T,” Ford President and CEO Jim Farley said. (Courtesy Ford Motor Co.)
Days after confirming another delay at BlueOval City, Ford Motor Co. announced the introduction a new, faster way of assembling electric vehicles to be rolled out at its Kentucky plant.
Ford announced it would invest nearly $2 billion to retool its Louisville plant, which has produced gas-powered vehicles for 70 years and will transition to EVs.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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