Ford To Resume Construction Of Michigan Battery Plant But Will Be Scaling Back

Ford Motor Company has announced it is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed two months ago during the United Auto Workers Union strike.

But the automaker says that due to slowing electric vehicle sales growth, it will scale back the factory size, cutting the number of planned jobs by about one third from 2,500 to 1,700.

The annual battery cell output will drop from enough for 400,000 vehicles per year to around 230,000.

The plant will open in 2026 on the same timeline as the company set when it announced the factory in February.