40% faster assembly
Ford also intends to drastically modernize its Louisville assembly plant in Michigan. The vehicles will no longer follow a traditional channel but rather three distinct channels for the front, the rear and the structure including the battery. The three will then be assembled on a common line. A method that would reduce the assembly time by 40%, in particular due to the use of a quarter of less fixing points.
The first model assembled according to this method will be typically American: it will be a compact pick-up, with acceleration as fast as Mustang, and more spacious than Toyota Rav-4, according to Jim Farley, CEO of Ford. For the moment, we do not yet know when this new organization will be implemented in Europe, where the brand also has major electrical ambitions, nor which other models will be made on this platform.
