Ford Halewood powers up UK eDrive manufacturing
Ford has began UK eDrive manufacturing at its Halewood plant that can energy future Puma Gen-E, E-Transit Customized and E-Tourneo Customized automobiles.
Manufacturing kick off in Halewood follows a £380 million funding, together with £30.9m of Authorities funding, that can see the power in a position to produce 420,000 eDrive items every year.
This capability will imply 70% of Ford’s electrical automobiles offered throughout Europe can be powered by UK-manufactured know-how.
Kieran Cahill, Ford’s European industrial operations vice-president, mentioned: “Ford is a worldwide American model with deep roots in Europe, and Halewood has been a cornerstone of that legacy for 60 years.
“It’s not simply the state-of-the-art know-how or the funding that makes Halewood particular—it’s the unimaginable crew right here.
“Their ability, dedication, and pleasure are what energy our electrification journey.
“With Halewood main the best way as our first in-house EV element manufacturing web site in Europe, we’re constructing a thriving future collectively, with 9 electrical automobiles on the highway in Europe by 2025.”
The brand new all-electric 234-mile vary Puma Gen-E was unveiled immediately on the plant by Lisa Brankin, managing director and the crew from the Halewood plant.
The electrical model of what has turn into Ford’s de-facto successor to the Fiesta can be powered by the eDrive constructed at Halewood and assembled at Ford’s plant in Craiova, Romania.
The Puma Gen-E joins the Explorer, Capri, Mustang Mach-E and E-Tourneo Courier to full Ford’s European electrical automobile providing, together with the E-Transit, E-Transit Courier, E Transit Customized and E-Tourneo Customized industrial automobiles equipped by Ford Professional.
