The money will also go into the production of a new, redesigned Ford Ranger mid-sized pickup at a Wayne, Michigan, plant as well as a new Ford Mustang in Flat Rock, Michigan, though the company has not yet detailed plans on whether the next Mustang will have an electric version. An additional $35 million will go to create a new customer service and packaging center that will ship auto parts directly to customers.
Ford will spend $1.5 billion at its Ohio assembly plant to build a “new electric commercial vehicle” that will be introduced around 2025. The company will also be investing around $100 million in an engine plant and a transmission factory in the state.
In Missouri, Ford is spending $95 million to add an additional factory shift to produce gas-powered Transit commercial vans and electric E-Transit vans.
The new investments are expected to create 6,200 unionized manufacturing jobs, according to Ford. Additionally, Ford will spend another $1 billion over the next five years to improve the workplace environment at its factories, the automaker said, including better lighting and the installation of EV chargers in parking lots.
