Ford Motor Company has announced that its Kansas City Assembly Plant will build the all-new E-Transit van. The announcement is part of a more than $3.2 billion investment in Ford’s North American manufacturing facilities to produce a series of new electric vehicles for commercial and retail customers.
Ford is adding approximately 150 full-time permanent jobs to build the E-Transit, a zero-emissions version of Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van.
The all-electric E-Transit will be unveiled Thursday, 12th Novermber and will arrive in late 2021. The electric van investment in Kansas City is in addition to the $300 million Ford invested for the launch this year of the all-new F-150 at that plant. The plant employs approximately 7,500 workers.
Kumar Galhotra, president, Americas and International Markets Group at Ford, says: “We’re taking our most iconic vehicles and using fully electric technology to deliver even more performance, productivity and capability for customers. We are building out the North American manufacturing footprint to support this growth. This is just the first chapter with more new electric vehicles and more investment to come.”
Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer, adds: “We are investing heavily in our vehicle programs as well as building out our manufacturing capabilities. This will allow us to scale quickly as customer interest in these new products grows.”
E-Transit is part of Ford’s more than $11.5 billion global investment in electrification through 2022.
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