Ford commits to American manufacturing

Ford has announced an even deeper commitment to American manufacturing, celebrating the start of production of the new F-150 at the storied Ford Rouge Centre and confirming construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Centre where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022.

The new manufacturing centre at the Dearborn-based Rouge Centre, once complete, will add 300 jobs and is part of a $951 million investment in building the all new F-150 lineup, including the first-ever F-150 PowerBoost hybrid. The new jobs will support battery assembly and production of the F-150 PowerBoost hybrid and fully electric F-150.

The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory and real world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected lifetime total cost of operation among F-Series trucks.