With a multi-million dollar investment, Ford is leading the electric revolution into the future with an innovative project, unlike anything you’ve ever seen in the automotive sector: Blue Oval City.
Being the largest automotive investment in history, Ford is willing to make the location the largest hub for car technology in the world.
The futuristic city for creating cars – A Ford investment to making the path forward
Imagine a place made for just one purpose: building the car of the future. Blue Oval City is actually a planned automotive assembly complex — with a 3,600-acre site — near Stanton, Tennessee, and it’s being constructed over at least 3 years.
The place will house the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center, designed to produce all-electric cars. The idea is for this place to be the ultimate reference in technology and development of electric vehicles in the United States and the world, where not only electric vehicles will be designed, but also built and recycled, as well as all the components necessary for these vehicles to function, such as batteries.
In addition to the electric car assembly line, the site promises to house factories, spaces for technical training, and battery installations. There is an expectation that the opening of this complex will offer better conditions for people in the region.
Understanding the impacts of Blue Oval City on the region
The impact will be considerable for the local residents of Stanton. The construction process and future start of the factory operations will likely demand a series of infrastructure investments in different sectors, like roads and public services in general.
Besides that, the community economy will be stimulated by the work at the factories, creation of new businesses, and jobs to meet the needs of new workers at Ford’s. The growth of the population, however, can cause an increase in the necessity of residences, which can generate some issues like the rise in the cost of living and also in house prices.
It’s a fact that the impacts are not only in geographic matters but also involve economic and social issues that must be considered by Ford and supervised by the community in parallel.
Why is Blue Oval City useful for the development of the automotive sector?
It’s known as a fact that Ford is one of the biggest manufacturers in the world. But what is important to highlight about the company is its commitment to developing the automotive sector with cutting-edge technology for a more sustainable future.
The brand has a history of positioning itself in favor of strategic measures for energy transition, and in recent times, it has prioritized building carbon-neutral cars, focusing on using clean energy. Thinking about large-scale production in this new complex, which invests in this type of creation, this means that we will not only have more cars and more sustainable for the environment, but also more affordable prices, since high production usually reduces costs.
The company intends to launch a second generation of the classic Ford F-150 EV model at the new automotive complex. If we think about the new large-scale assembly line, more people will get Ford’s new release, which is even more sustainable and technological, increasing the EVs sector.
Looking for a brighter future at the EVs market
A new generation of products that can be offered at a higher cost-benefit and that are a cleaner solution may be on the way.
The investment Ford’s is making is a major step forward in the development of cutting-edge research and production of EVs, but not just any EVs, but a response to the future we want to build today.
