Ford investment
US automotive company Ford is investing $550m to transform its Michigan assembly plant into a manufacturing complex that will build its Focus global small car.
US automotive company Ford is investing $550m (£365m) to transform its Michigan assembly plant into a manufacturing complex that will build its next-generation Focus global small car along with a battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market.
The plant, formerly the production site for Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigators SUVs, is one of three North American light truck plants that Ford is re-tooling to build small cars in the coming years.
The Focus will begin rolling off the line next year and the battery-electric version of the vehicle - Ford’s first all-electric passenger car - debuts in 2011.
As part of the re-tooling, Ford will consolidate its operations from its Wayne assembly plant. When production launches in 2010, approximately 3,200 employees will be building the Focus at the Michigan assembly plant.
The re-invention of the Michigan assembly plant forms part of Ford's goal to bring six small cars to the US market by the end of 2012.
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