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Ford to invest $3.7 billion, create 6,200 new jobs at plants in 3 states


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This includes the teaser from yesterday about OHAP, but more: 

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The majority of the investment — $2 billion supporting 3,200 new jobs — will come in Michigan at Ford's Flat Rock Assembly Plant, Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, Michigan Assembly Plant, nearby parts factories and a new packaging facility coming to Monroe. Ford said Thursday the investments would go toward producing the next-generation Mustang coupe at Flat Rock Assembly and the next-generation Ranger midsize pickup at Michigan Assembly, and boosting F-150 Lightning output at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to 150,000 pickups per year.  

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Ford also plans to spend $1.5 billion and create 1,800 jobs at its Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake to expand the operation for production of a commercial EV that will launch mid-decade. It will add 90 jobs and a $100 million investment between its Lima Engine and Sharonville Transmission plants, also in Ohio.

It is investing $95 million and creating 1,100 jobs at a Kansas City assembly plant in Missouri, adding a third shift to boost production of both the gasoline-powered Transit van and the battery-powered E-Transit van. The automaker declined to say by how much Transit or E-Transit output would be increased by the addition of a shift. 

 

Separately, Ford said it plans to transition an additional 3,000 temporary UAW workers into full-time status ahead of a schedule negotiated in its current labor contract with the union.

Ford further plans to invest $1 billion over five years across all facilities in the U.S. to "improve the workplace environment" with initiatives such as more healthy foods, better security and dedicated EV charging stations in plant parking lots.

 

 

A lot to digest here, but good news for many facilities - especially Flat Rock and OHAP.

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Over on GMI, Borg is saying that new vehicles are chassis cab version of next Gen TE1 Lightning and a SuperDuty version of TE1 is also in development that has amazing specifications (I’m thinking E SD is like a more practical “Hummer”)

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