The Ford Universal EV Production System and EV Platform

 

Photo courtesy of Ford.

Earlier this month, Ford CEO Jim Farley was joined by other Ford executives and Kentucky officials at Louisville Assembly Plant to introduce the new Ford Universal EV Production System and EV Platform.  I had the pleasure of livestreaming the event. 

Jim Farley. Photo courtesy of Ford.

• Ford Universal EV Production System will simplify production and ease operations for the people in it.
• Ford Universal Electric Vehicle Platform will enable a family of affordable vehicles produced at scale – this time, electric and truly software-defined, with over-the-air updates that will keep improving the vehicle over time. 

Jim Farley. Photo courtesy of Ford.

The result: a simple, efficient, flexible platform to deliver a family of affordable, electric, software-defined vehicles — the first of which is a midsize, four-door electric pickup assembled in America at the Louisville Assembly Plant starting in 2027. Ford is investing approximately $5 billion and creating or securing nearly 4,000 jobs across two U.S. plants for the truck and LFP batteries that will power it. 

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You can find replay here: Get Ready for Our Next Model T Moment.