Ford to invest more than $1.96 billion into two assembly plants

Ford Motor Company is investing more than $1.9 billion in two South East Michigan manufacturing facilities and adding 3,000 new jobs to strengthen its leadership in trucks and SUVs and support the company's expansion into electric and Autonomous Vehicles (AV).

Ford is investing approximately $1 billion and adding 2,700 new direct jobs at its manufacturing facility in Wayne, Michigan during the next three years. Ford will install new equipment to support production of the all new Ford Bronco and Ford Ranger and create a new modification centre at the Wayne location. Employees at the AV and modification centre in Wayne will complete Ford's first autonomous vehicles starting in 2021, including installing the vehicles' unique self-driving technology and unique purpose-built interiors. This will be the first centre of its kind for Ford and will drive synergies with the company's existing AV research functions in Dearborn and Detroit.

At Ford's Dearborn manufacturing site, Ford will add 300 jobs and invest about $900 million to support production of new electrified variants of its F-150 truck, producing both a F-150 hybrid and fully electric F-150. Ford will also create a new operation in Dearborn where battery cells will be assembled into a battery pack for the F-150 hybrid and all electric F-150.