Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning
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Ford Motor Company this week announced a new business plan that includes new American-made vehicles and a focused battery energy storage business. The
Ford shifts Blue Oval City production from electric to gas trucks, prompting state officials to consider renegotiating the $500 million incentives package used to lure the Detroit giant to Tennessee.
Ford Motor Co. announced a realignment of its long-term strategy, shifting investment toward hybrids, affordable EVs, expanded truck and van production and a new battery-storage business.
On Monday, Ford announced that it was discontinuing production of the full-size EV pickup. "It didn't make sense to keep plowing billions into products that we knew wouldn't make money," said Ford President and CEO Jim Farley.
The Ford Motor Company's recent announcement regarding the near-future strategy (until 2030) includes the unsurprising bombshell of an EV truck's untimely death
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Ford scraps plans for electric pickup at Tennessee's BlueOval City, turns to gas-powered truck models
The auto manufacturer will begin producing gas-powered Built Ford Tough truck models at its renamed Tennessee Truck Plant in 2029.
Ford will convert its BlueOval SK Battery Park into a facility that produces battery energy storage systems. Here's what that means for the automaker.
Ford Motor Company is laying off 1,600 battery plant employees in Hardin County, according to Hardin County officials. Hardin County judge executive Keith Taul says the layoffs impact BlueOval SK in Glendale.