Ford CEO Jim Farley On Electrification and Tennessee’s BlueOval City

From Tom Moloughney.

I visit the future home of Ford’s BlueOval City, a $6 billion manufacturing plant that will produce electric vehicle batteries and Ford’s next-generation electric pickup truck, codenamed the T3. BlueOval City is scheduled to begin production in 2025 and will have the capacity to produce 500,000 vehicles and 43 GWh of batteries annually.

I also had the opportunity to sit down with Ford’s CEO, Jim Farley, to discuss BlueOval City as well as details of Ford’s future electrification plans.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:16 Touring BlueOval City in Stanton, Tennessee
05:18 Interview with Ford CEO, Jim Farley
07:14 Why did Ford choose Tennessee for BlueOval City?
08:47 What about LFP batteries?
10:05 Has Ford moved beyond the supply chain issues of 2022?
12:40 How important is it for Ford to control its own battery supply?
14:10 How will Ford deal with battery mineral sourcing?
15:29 The future of solid-state batteries and affordable electric vehicles
16:43 Ford’s next-generation electric truck codenamed the T3
17:59 Outro

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