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Ford Motor Co. to make huge reinvestment



             Ford Motor Company is investing       “At Ford, we are investing aggressively in building            Ford pledged to invest $6 billion in
          more than $1.45 billion in two south-                                                                   its U.S. factories, creating or retain-
          east Michigan manufacturing facili-      on our strengths today – including trucks and SUVs             ing 8,500 jobs. Ford is proud to be
          ties and adding 3,000 new jobs to                                                                       America’s No. 1 producer of vehicles
          strengthen its leadership in trucks      – while at the same time expanding our leadership              and the largest employer of UAW-rep-
          and  SUVs  and  support  the  com-                                                                      resented autoworkers.
          pany’s  expansion  into  electric  and         into electric and autonomous vehicles,”
          autonomous vehicles.                                      Joe Hinrichs                                  New 2020 F-150, F-150 hybrid
             Ford is investing approximately                                                                      and all-electric F-150 expand
          $750 million and adding 2,700 new             President, Automotive for Ford Motor Company              Ford’s truck leadership
          direct jobs at its manufacturing facil-                                                                    In 2020, Ford will debut the all-
          ity in Wayne, Mich., during the next  modified for customers.        “As America’s No. 1 producer of au-  new  F-150  and  F-150  hybrid.  The
          three  years.  Ford  will  install  new  At Ford’s Dearborn manufactur-  tomobiles, we are proud of our com-  fully electric Ford F-150 is coming
          equipment to support production of  ing site, Ford will add 300 jobs and  mitment to invest in manufacturing  soon  after  and  will  be  part  of  the
          the  all-new  Ford  Bronco  and  Ford  invest about $700 million to support  here in Michigan.”         company’s more than $11.5 billion
          Ranger as well as create a new mod-  production  of  new  electrified  vari-  The company’s investments are  global electrified vehicle investment.
          ification center at the Wayne location.  ants  of  its  F-150  truck,  producing  supported by Ford’s strong partner-  Dearborn  Truck  Plant  will  build
             Employees at Ford’s Autonomous  both a F-150 hybrid and fully electric  ship with the UAW, as well as with  these Ford F-150s, part of Ford F-Se-
          Vehicle, Bronco and Ranger modifi-  F-150. Ford will also create a new op-  federal, state, county and local gov-  ries, America’s best-selling truck for
          cation center in Wayne will complete  eration  in  Dearborn  where  battery  ernments.                  42 straight years.
          Ford’s  first  autonomous  vehicles  cells will be assembled into a battery  "The UAW is proud of Ford’s com-
          starting in 2021, including installing  pack  for  the  F-150  hybrid  and  all-  mitment  to  manufacturing  in  the  All-new Bronco returns
          the vehicles’ unique self-driving tech-  electric F-150.              United States and in Michigan,” said  The Ford Bronco will be revealed
          nology and unique purpose-built in-   “At Ford, we are investing aggres-  UAW President Rory Gamble. “This  in the spring of 2020. This all-new
          teriors. This will be the first center  sively in building on our strengths  is a direct result of the 2019 collec-  off-road SUV will be built alongside
          of  its  kind  for  Ford  and  will  drive  today – including trucks and SUVs –  tive  bargaining  process,  providing  the Ford Ranger at Ford’s Michigan
          synergies with the company’s exist-  while  at  the  same  time  expanding  additional jobs – and job security –  Assembly  Plant.  As  one  of  Ford’s
          ing AV research functions in Dear-  our leadership into electric and au-  for  UAW  members  in  Southeast  icons, Bronco represents where the
          born  and  Detroit.  At  that  same  tonomous  vehicles,”  said  Joe  Hin-  Michigan.”                  company is expanding and where it’s
          location, Bronco and Ranger will be  richs, Ford’s president, Automotive.  In the 2019 UAW-Ford contract,  playing to win.















































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