https://www.abccolumbia.com/2019/03/20/ford-announces-plans-to-build-electric-vehicles-in-michigan/ Ford announces plans to build electric vehicles in Michigan Mar 20, 2019 CNN
[video flash] (CNN) – Ford plans to start building electric and self-driving cars at plants in Michigan. The company announced a $900 million investment there Wednesday, and plans to add 900 jobs in the state. Last year, Ford (F) pledged $11 billion to transform its business and produce more electric and self-driving cars. The Michigan plans are part of that overhaul, said Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s president of global operations. Ford will invest about $850 million at its facility in Flat Rock, Michigan, to produce electric cars. Another $50 million is earmarked for self-driving technology. The Flat Rock plant makes Mustangs and Lincoln Continentals. It was scheduled to lose its second shift next month and transfer affected workers to other nearby plants. But the announcement Wednesday means the plant will regain a second shift by 2023 to build a new, pure electric vehicle. It will continue production of the Mustang and Continental, too. Ford does not currently have any pure electric vehicle. It discontinued an electric version of the Focus when it stopped making the gasoline-powered version of that sedan last year. It is already working on another pure electric vehicle. The still-unnamed SUV will be assembled at a plant in Cuautitlán, Mexico, starting next year. Ford also announced plans Wednesday to add an undisclosed amount of jobs and investment to a plant in Hermosillo, Mexico, to build the next generation Transit Connect van starting in 2021. It will add a second shift to that Mexican plant. Production will be consistent with the USMCA trade agreement, the deal worked out by the Trump administration that is supposed to replace NAFTA. The USMCA still requires congressional approval. This is not the first time Ford has announced plans to invest in Flat Rock’s ability to produce next generation vehicles. In January of 2017 it said it would invest $700 million in the plant to build electric and self-driving cars, a move it said would add 700 jobs. Mark Fields, who was then CEO of Ford, said the move was a “vote of confidence” in then President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. And Trump praised Ford for the move. But by the end of 2017, Ford changed those plans and decided to build its next pure electric vehicle in Mexico. [© abccolumbia.com] https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/20/ford-will-invest-850-million-to-add-more-production-capacity-for-evs/ Ford will invest $850 million to add more production capacity for EVs 2019-03-20 Ford plans to invest more than $850 million to add more production capacity at a second U.S. factory for its next-generation battery-electric vehicle program ... http://yournewsnet.com/ford-to-build-electric-vehicles-in-michigan/ Ford to Build Electric Vehicles in Michigan March 20, 2019 Ford announces a major investment in electric and self-driving vehicles. The U.S. automaker says it will start building such cars in Michigan. Specifically, ford will ... + https://insideevs.com/ford-electric-mustang-suv-tesla-model-y/ Ford Says Electric Mustang-Inspired SUV Will Challenge Tesla Model Y 2019-03-20 ... CNBC says that Ford President of the Americas Joe Hinrichs adds that the Mustang-inspired electric vehicle should hit showrooms around the same time as the Tesla Model Y ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
