Ford Motor Company announced November 11 that its Kansas City Assembly Plant will build the all-new E-Transit van, part of a more than $3.2 billion investment in Ford’s North American manufacturing facilities to produce a series of new electric vehicles for commercial and retail customers, as it was informed in the press release.
Ford is investing an additional $100 million in its Kansas City Assembly Plant and adding approximately 150 full-time jobs to begin producing the all-new E-Transit on the heels of the all-electric F-150 announced in September; E-Transit arrives late 2021, F-150 electric 2022
E-Transit, to be revealed Thursday, is part of Ford’s $11.5 billion-plus investment in electrification through 2022. The Mustang Mach-E starts reaching customers next month
Ford is investing approximately $150 million in Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., to make e-motors and e-transaxles for new electric vehicles, including the all-electric F-150. This will retain 225 jobs
Ford is increasing production plans for the fully electric F-150 at the historic Rouge Plant in Dearborn, adding 200 permanent jobs in addition to a previously announced 300 jobs and part of a $700 million investment in building the all-new F-150 and all-electric F-150
Kansas City and Dearborn plants, together with Oakville, Ontario and Cuautitlan, Mexico, assembly plants, will support the first phase of Ford’s growing North American electric vehicle plans.
Ford (Ford Motor Company) is an American automobile company, manufacturer of cars under the Ford brand. The company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford, who created it after receiving $28,000 from five investors to develop the business. Ford became known as the first company in the world to use the classic car Assembly line, launched around 1913. From 1922 the Ford Motor Company is the owner of the Lincoln brand. In 1939, Ford Motor Company founded the Mercury brand.
