DETROIT (AP) — Ford plans to start out making its F-Sequence Tremendous Obligation pickups at a plant in Ontario, Canada starting in 2026 with the intention to sustain with buyer demand for the automobile.
The automaker stated Thursday that it plans to speculate about $3 billion to broaden Tremendous Obligation manufacturing. This consists of $2.3 billion to put in meeting and built-in stamping operations on the Oakville facility in Canada.
The plant will produce as much as 100,000 models of the pickups. Ford Motor Co. additionally makes the Tremendous Obligation pickups at vegetation in Kentucky and Ohio, that are working at full capability.
The Kentucky and Ohio vegetation produced greater than 200,000 Tremendous Obligation vehicles throughout the first half of this 12 months, Ford stated.
“There is durable demand for Super Duty from Ford Pro customers as spending on infrastructure and related construction activity remains high,” Ford Professional CEO Ted Cannis stated in a press release. “Many retail customers have not been able to get their trucks fast enough because of our production constraints. Unlocking Super Duty volume will also support businesses and tradespeople who rely on these trucks and first responders who serve their communities.”
Gross sales of Ford’s F-Sequence pickup, the preferred automobile within the U.S., had been down 8% throughout the first half of the 12 months, which Ford has attributed to the changeover of factories to a brand new model of the F-150. About 42% of the pickups Ford produced from January via June had been Tremendous Dutys, the heavy-duty model of the vehicles.
Ford’s assertion stated business prospects have positioned a excessive variety of orders for Tremendous Obligation vehicles for the reason that firm lately launched a brand new mannequin. “Demand from Ford Pro customers is higher than what Ford can produce now,” the assertion stated.
Unifor, the union representing Canadian auto staff, stated the brand new plan for the Oakville plant close to Toronto addresses the union’s considerations in regards to the manufacturing facility’s future. The outdated plan to construct a three-row electrical SUV delayed manufacturing “for a period that was too long, too disruptive, and too harmful to accept,” Unifor Nationwide President Lana Payne stated in a press release.
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