Ford Breaks Ground At BlueOval City Facility; To Provide About 6,000 Jobs In 2025
(RTTNews) - Automaker Ford Motor Co. (F) announced Friday it has officially broken ground at BlueOval City, its largest, most advanced auto production complex in the company's 119-year history.
This is part of $5.6 billion investment by Ford and SK On to build a revolutionary all-new electric truck and advanced batteries for future Ford and Lincoln vehicles in West Tennessee.
With construction underway at BlueOval City, Ford gets closer to its target of a 2 million EV production run rate globally by late 2026.
The nearly 6-square-mile mega campus will create approximately 6,000 new jobs when production begins in 2025.
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