Ford “Blue Oval City” Breaks-Ground in TN

[E365]

Will build “an all-new, revolutionary electric truck” and “advanced batteries” for various Ford and Lincoln products. The battery plant will be a joint venture with SK On.

• Opens in 2025
• 43 GWh annual battery capacity
• Stanton, TN
• $5.6B investment
• Nearly 6 square mile “mega campus”
• 6,000 jobs

Will be followed up by Blue Oval SK Battery Park in Kentucky with 86GWh annual capacity.

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/09/23/blueoval-city-groundbreaking.html

Ford Breaks Ground At BlueOval City: $5.6 Billion Investment In Tennessee

Ford officially has broken ground at BlueOval City in Tennessee, which is set to become the company's largest and most advanced auto production complex.

insideevs.com

 

[loneryder]

They will be closed and a toxic wasteland by 2035. Ford's stock is in the toilet. Where are they getting all this money?

 

[joekingcorvette]

They will be closed and a toxic wasteland by 2035. Ford's stock is in the toilet. Where are they getting all this money?

From selling new vehicles and parts. Anytime you buy anything from the FoMoCo you are helping pay for it. Ever heard of a high prices for OEM parts?

 

[Kira]

Whence the toxicity?

 

[JeffKeryk]

EVs are for rich CA granola heads. Just a fad... They will be outta business any day now, right?

 

[loneryder]

From selling new vehicles and parts. Anytime you buy anything from the FoMoCo you are helping pay for it. Ever heard of a high prices for OEM parts?

And they were just fined over a billion $$, something about the F250’s roof,

 

[loneryder]

Whence the toxicity?

Are those a lot of solar panels which will need to be disposed when their useful life is over?

 

[Kira]

I wasn't aware they had a lifespan.
I wasn't aware they weren't recyclable.
You haven't shown they'll go into the site's soil (by 2035) rendering it a, "toxic wasteland".

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

And they were just fined over a billion $$, something about the F250’s roof,

They weren’t fined, they received a judgment. It will be appealed.

 

[Passport1]

Hoovie said towing with his Ford F150 Lightning was a 'disaster'. If a pickup truck can't tow what is it for?

 

[loneryder]

Hoovie said towing with his Ford F150 Lightning was a 'disaster'. If a pickup truck can't tow what is it for?

Would be great for suburban errand running, like many trucks are used for today.

 

[loneryder]

I wasn't aware they had a lifespan.
I wasn't aware they weren't recyclable.
You haven't shown they'll go into the site's soil (by 2035) rendering it a, "toxic wasteland".

They have a useful life span of 15-20 years. I don't know if they have figured out a way to recycle efficiently yet. 2035 was an exaggeration. Say 2045.

 

[The Critic]

Who wants to invest in Stanton real estate before the big boom comes?

https://www.redfin.com/city/18104/TN/Stanton

 

[E365]

Another update from Ford. They will have the capacity to annually build 500,000 “T3” next-gen EV pickups at Blue Oval City with 6,000 employees.

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/03/24/ford-to-build-next-electric-truck--project-t3--at-blueoval-city-.html

And the key line for people who still aren’t understanding why EVs are a “thing”:

Ford is developing its second-generation EV truck in tandem with the all-new assembly plant, resulting in efficiencies never before possible – such as a 30 percent smaller general assembly footprint than traditional plants while delivering higher production capacity.

Make smaller, cheaper factories, that produce more vehicles with fewer employees to pay.

 

[Torrid]

Hoovie said towing with his Ford F150 Lightning was a 'disaster'. If a pickup truck can't tow what is it for?

While electric at this point isn't great for towing, there's more to this story. This truck ended up having complete battery failure about a month after this video was filmed. I still don't think it would have been an excellent performer when towing, but it was much worse because the battery pack decided to exit stage left. Ford has had a ton of battery pack problems with the F150s.