Future all electric Ford and Lincoln SUVs, like the Explorer and Aviator, could possible come from the new Oakville EV hub facility.
Ford's Oakville Assembly Plant will be gutted and the campus reinvented as one of the automaker's largest electric vehicle campuses, makingat the Canadian facility. Ford will spend C$1.8 billion to transform the current buildings, which have built the Ford Edge and Lincoln Nautilus for about 15 years, into the renamed Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex. Retooling begins in the second quarter of 2024.
A family of next-generation electric vehicles will be assembled at the Ontario facility with pre-production to begin in late 2024. The first vehicles will be on the road in 2025 and could include the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator.Ford of Canada president and CEO Bev Goodman would not say how many or which vehicles we can expect to be assembled in Oakville.
The expectation is the plant will build electric versions of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator, whose launches have been delayed as Ford has juggled its manufacturing plans to satisfy demand for the unexpected popularity of the Mustang Mach-E. The three-row SUVs initially were slated to be built in Cuautitlan, Mexico, alongside the Mach-E, but were left without a plant when Ford needed all the Mexican plant's capacity to fill Mach-E orders.
Ford is working to scale up its EV production and increase manufacturing efficiency to reduce costs and make EVs more accessible to customers, says Dave Nowicki, director of Manufacturing Operations, Battery & Electric Vehicles for Model E. Oakville, and construction of the Blue Oval City complex in Tennessee to make next-generation electric trucks and battery packs, are among the latest moves by Ford to meet its goal of producing 2 million EVs a year, globally, by the end of 2026. Ford is spending $50 billion to meet this target and wants to take over as the top producer of EVs in the world. Ford is also transforming a site in Cologne, Germany, and building two battery assembly plants in Kentucky.
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