"Ford is already testing its $30,000 electric vehicles. Tooling installation at the Louisville, Kentucky, plant will begin later this year, the company's CEO, Jim Farley, said. Ford is also on track to start manufacturing LFP cells at its battery plant in Marshall, Michigan. Ford is wasting no time in developing its upcoming affordable electric pickup truck, which is expected to have a starting price of about $30,000."
"After revealing very little information about the vehicle itself back in August, when it focused on the potentially game-changing assembly procedures, the American automaker is back with new details. The first vehicle based on Ford's new Universal EV platform (UEV) is already being tested in the real world, and the component sourcing is nearly complete, according to the company's head honcho, Jim Farley."
"What's more, the Louisville plant in Kentucky, which used to assemble the gas-powered Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair, will start getting new equipment installed later this year. Around the same time, the automaker will also start churning out lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells at its battery manufacturing facility in Marshall, Michigan, which will power the entry-level EV. This is not a distant plan, it's right around the corner for us at Ford, Farley said during the company's third-quarter earnings call late last month."
Ford is testing its entry-level electric pickup with an expected starting price of about $30,000. Component sourcing for the vehicle is 95% complete and vehicles are undergoing real-world testing. Tooling installation for the Universal EV (UEV) platform will begin at the Louisville, Kentucky plant later this year. Ford will start manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells at its Marshall, Michigan battery facility around the same time to power the entry-level model. The UEV assembly process assembles rear, center, and front sections on separate lines and joins them toward the end. Several delayed electric models were postponed to fast-track the new platform.
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