Ford Motor, Louisville Assembly Plant Ford Escape (2011-2025), Escape HV (2019-2025), Escape PHV (2021-2025); Lincoln MKC (2014-2019), SUV Corsair (2019-2025), PHV Corsair Grand Touring (2021-2025): Mid-size electric pickup truck (2027- planning) SUV assembly plant, scheduled to be renovated as an EV production plant until 2027 - Year opened: 1955 - Investment announced since 2010: USD 6.56 billion - Employees as of September 2025: 3,110 Ford in...

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n at the Santa Rosa Plant for 19 days from April 11 due to the parts shortages in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It will resume operations on May 9. It has turned out that Ford is closing its Santa Rosa plant at the end of 2012, in which the "Focus" passenger cars and "Escape" SUVs are currently assembled. Production of the "Focus" will be completely transferred to the Thai plant, and production of the "Escape" will ...

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BEV variants, as well as a BEV battery build-up area. The Kansas City Assembly Plant will build an all-new Transit BEV, among other products. The Kentucky Truck Plant will build all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models, including HEV variants. The Louisville Assembly Plant will continue Escape production, including HEV and PHEV variants, and Lincoln Corsair, with PHEV variant. The Ohio Assembly Plant will produce a new unnamed product...

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week, in both cases because of the Novelis aluminum plant fire in New York in September. Additionally, Ford has reportedly paused production at the Louisville Assembly plant last week as well, though production there has now resumed this week, although with just one of two shifts building the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair crossovers. Due to the previously reported fire at the Novelis aluminum plant in Newago, New York, Ford has reportedly told...

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pport new vehicle production at it Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, including the all-new 2023 F-Series Super Duty pickup, built  alongside the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. Ford is expanding its presence in Kentucky with the new USD 5.8 billion BlueOval SK Battery Park, while the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair are built at the Louisville Assembly Plant.  On August 19, BlueOval SK announced that it has started production of batteri...

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innovation, and the cultivation of local talent. For production R&D and application, Ford will launch over 30 Ford and Lincoln models developed for Chinese customers for the next three years, among which more than ten will be NEVs. It will strengthen autonomous driving R&D as well. The all-new Ford Escape midsize SUV with a front face designed for Chinese customers will debut worldwide. Lincoln will focus on the Chinese market and start productio...

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annually to 15 destinations across India. It would lead to offset 1,650 MT of carbon emission per annum by cutting down almost 50,000 truck trips and saving 35 million liters of fossil fuel per annum. The project included constructing 4 electrified tracks (3 loading lines + 1 line for the engine to escape). It further, included a track conversion to broad gauge for a 65 km track and track construction of 2.5 km from Becharaji station till SMG and...

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r generation capacity expected to reach 800kWp. Annual power generation is expected to reach 1 million kWh, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 266 average households, and CO2 emission reductions are expected to be approximately 495 tons per year. production of "Mazda Tribute" (Ford Escape) was transferred from Japan. Ford Lio Ho Motor presented a new minivan "i-Max", developed based on the "Mazda 5" incorporating the design of th...

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in the next two years will be produced in Taiwan. The Fiesta, built in Taiwan, will make its debut at the Taipei Motor Show scheduled at the end of 2012. The Fiesta will have two variations, a four-door camper and a five-door hatchback. Ford Lio Ho Motor announced that it will begin exporting the "Escape" for the Russian market in the second quarter of the year. Annual export is likely to be 2,000 units. This is the first time that a Taiwanese a...

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Ford Motor Germany, Saarlouis Plant Ford Focus (-2025), Focus ST (-2025), Focus ECOnetic (2012-2025), Focus Electric (2013-2017), Focus 1.0L EcoBoost (2013-2025), Focus Active (2018-2025), Focus Ecoboost mild hybrid (2020-2025), C-Max (2015-2019), Grand C-Max (2015-2019), Kuga/Escape (-2012); Ford's passenger car assembly plant. The plant will be operational till November 2025. -Production of Ford Focus to end in November 2025. -Vetter, a pharma...

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Mexico preparing for a mid-cycle freshening of the Jeep Compass crossover. On January 8, Ford said it will idle its Louisville Assembly Plant from January 11 through January 17, pulling ahead a previously scheduled down week to account for a semiconductor shortage at the plant that builds the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair. FCA is curtailing production through the end of January to deal with the microchip shortage by delaying the restart of its...

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shifting production from Japan to North America to hedge against a persistently strong yen. Production of models with annual sales of 100,000 vehicles will be transferred. The "Lexus ES" will be one candidate. Consumer Reports, a U.S. consumer magazine, pointed out that the emergency interior trunk escape lever on the Lexus ES and GS can snap off during use, potentially leaving a trapped occupant without any way to escape. Toyota has announced it...

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ly to build SUVs in Hermosillo, Mexico after 2020 Martinrea to supply subframes in 2020 for Ford crossover built in Hermosillo, Mexico Ford prepares Cuautitlan plant in Mexico to build company’s first EV in 2020 U.S. sales of Mexico-produced vehicles in June mixed Ford recalls 550,000 Fusions, Escapes in North America for shifter cable issue Ford investing USD 900 million to build BEV’s in Flat Rock, AVs in new Michigan facility Ford to ...

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red. On October 17, Ford Motor Co. said it will temporarily shut down production at two plants in the U.S. and two plants in Mexico, as it adjusts inventory levels. The Kansas City Assembly Plant, producing the F-150, will be closed for one week and the Louisville Assembly Plant, producing the Ford Escape and Lincoln MKC, will be closed two weeks. The Hermosillo Plant, producing the Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, and the Cuautitlan plant, producing the ...

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dge situation. Stellantis had to cut the second shift at the Windsor Assembly plant. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky cancelled production on February 10, through the weekend. On May 9, Ford announced that the Louisville Assembly Plant, which builds the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair, and Oakville Assembly Plant, which builds the Ford Edge and Lincoln Nautilus, will be down until May 16 due to chip-relate...

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Ford Motor, Kansas City Assembly Plant Ford F-150 (1957-), Transit (2013-), EV E-Transit (2021-), Escape (-2012); Battery packs (2022-) Truck assembly plant - Year opened: 1951 - Investment announced since 2011: USD 2.095 billion - Employees as of September 2025: 9,068 USPS orders 9,250 Ford E-Transit vans Ford increasing production of EVs, ICE and hybrid vehicles in North America Ford to shift workers from Dearborn Truck to build more F-150 Lig...

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On November 28, Ford Motor Co. told factory workers that it will transfer 500 workers from its Louisville Assembly plant to the nearby Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant where Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator production will be increased by 20%. The Louisville Assembly plant, which builds the Ford Escape and Lincoln MKC, will move from a three-shift pattern to a two-shift pattern in spring 2019. Ford will reduce production from two shifts to one...

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anuary 28, Ford Motor Co. confirmed that it will idle two shifts at its Chicago Assembly Plant beginning on February 1 because of the ongoing semiconductor shortage, affecting production of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator crossovers. Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant, where workers build the Escape and Corsair crossovers, is currently idled because of the microchip shortage, as is Ford's plant in Saarlouis, Germany. On March 31, Ford annou...

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BEV variants, as well as a BEV battery build-up area. The Kansas City Assembly Plant will build an all-new Transit BEV, among other products. The Kentucky Truck Plant will build all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models, including HEV variants. The Louisville Assembly Plant will continue Escape production, including HEV and PHEV variants, and Lincoln Corsair, with PHEV variant. The Ohio Assembly Plant will produce a new unnamed product...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/28

BEV variants, as well as a BEV battery build-up area. The Kansas City Assembly Plant will build an all-new Transit BEV, among other products. The Kentucky Truck Plant will build all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models, including HEV variants. The Louisville Assembly Plant will continue Escape production, including HEV and PHEV variants, and Lincoln Corsair, with PHEV variant. The Ohio Assembly Plant will produce a new unnamed product...

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