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WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN: Ford reveals plan for $700M plant, jobs at Rouge plus all-electric Ford F-150 secrets

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Wayne County, Michigan issued the following announcement on Sept. 17.

Wayne County continues to be a global leader in manufacturing.

Ford Motor Co. revealed Thursday an audacious plan to build a $700 million plant at the Rouge complex that would create the first all-electric F-150, the nation's bestselling vehicle.

"This plant mirrors the story of America and American manufacturing," said Bill Ford Jr., executive chairman, during an event at the manufacturing site livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook. "This is where the industrial revolution took hold, where the arsenal of democracy was forged, where parents and grandparents and great grandparents built not only cars and trucks but their own American dreams.

Original source can be found here.

Source: Wayne County, Michigan

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