Ford to invest $850M in Metro Detroit plants to build electric vehicles
DETROIT โ Ford Motor Company is doubling down on itโs push to build electric vehicles with a nearly $1 billion investment in its plants. Ford plans to add 350 jobs at two factories to meet expected demand for electric vehicles. READ: Ford adding 350 jobs at 2 plants to make electric vehiclesAround 200 workers will be hired at Fordโs Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, which will build an all-electric F-150 pickup starting in mid-2022. Ford says itโs an early investment in the first phase of its plan to build more electric vehicles. That will be to make electric motors and transaxles for new electric vehicles -- but no new jobs will be added.