DETROIT — Ford Motor on Thursday outlined plans to make use of a Canadian plant it had earmarked for a future electric vehicle to as a substitute construct larger, gasoline-powered versions of its flagship F-Series pickup truck.
Ford in April had already delayed the launch of the planned three-row electric SUVs at its Oakville Assembly facility from 2025 to 2027, citing slower than expected growth in EV demand. It said on Thursday it remained committed to those EVs and that timeline but didn’t say where they’d now be built.
The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker plans so as to add capability for 100,000 F-Series Super Duty trucks at the power, including the flexibility to make use of what the corporate called “future multi-energy technology.”
“Super Duty is a crucial tool for businesses and other people around the globe and, even with our Kentucky Truck Plant and Ohio Assembly Plant running flat out, we are able to’t meet the demand,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a press release. “At the identical time, we look ahead to introducing three-row electric utility vehicles.”
Ford has increasingly leaned into production of hybrid vehicles to win over consumers who aren’t able to go fully electric. The automaker goals to quadruple hybrid production over the subsequent few years.
These lucrative F-Series heavy-duty trucks, that are especially popular for the automaker’s industrial business, are also produced at assembly plants in Kentucky and Ohio.
The corporate plans to speculate about $3 billion to expand Super Duty production, including $2.3 billion to put in assembly and integrated stamping operations on the Oakville Assembly Complex.
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