BlueOval City: Home to Next Gen Ford Electric Truck

BlueOval City is designed to be Ford’s first carbon neutral vehicle manufacturing and battery campus as Ford works to power all Ford plants globally with renewable and carbon-free electricity by 2035. Site shown as of March 10, 2023.[/caption]

With the success of the F-150 Lightning, the question on many minds is what the next generation of Ford electric trucks will look like. These EV successors are currently in their early stages of development, and it has recently been announced that they will be produced at BlueOval City, Ford’s first carbon neutral vehicle manufacturing and battery campus that is currently under construction in Tennessee.

“BlueOval City is the blueprint for Ford’s electric future around the world,” said Bill Ford, Ford’s executive chair. “We will build revolutionary electric vehicles at an advanced manufacturing site that works in harmony with the planet, aligning business growth and innovation with environmental progress.”

BlueOval City will be a groundbreaking location not just for Ford, but for the entire automotive industry. over $5.6 billion has already been invested in the campus by Ford and partner SK On, and 6,000 new jobs have been created in its construction. Plans for the 500,000 vehicles per year that BlueOval City will produce when it becomes operational in 2025 are underway, and the next-gen Ford electric truck will be one of them.

The project has been code-named Project T3, a name that stands for “Trust The Truck”, which the development team has adopted as a motto. The truck will further expand upon the success of the F-150 Lightning, testing the limits of imagination and proving the prowess of electric vehicles in terms of capability, drivability, and productivity.

“Project T3 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revolutionize America’s truck. We are melding 100 years of Ford truck know-how with world-class electric vehicle, software and aerodynamics talent. It will be a platform for endless innovation and capability,” said Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

“PJ O’Rourke once described American pickups as ‘a back porch with an engine attached.’ Well, this new truck is going to be like the Millennium Falcon – with a back porch attached,” he said. “The manufacturing process will be equally breakthrough, with radical simplicity, cost efficiency and quality technology that will make BlueOval City the modern-day equivalent of Henry Ford’s Rouge factory. A factory of the future that people from all over the world will want to tour.”

The electric T3 truck will be produced with carbon-free electricity at BlueOval City from the start. By planning the truck at the same time that its home factory is being built, Ford is creating a highly efficient process, with a 30% smaller general assembly footprint than traditional plants, and a higher production capacity as well.

When production at BlueOval City begins in a few years, there’s no telling what its products will be able to do for the automotive industry. If you’re interested in staying up to date on news about BlueOval City and the T3 truck, make sure to continue reading our blog to get the latest updates!