Feb 16, 2023
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On September 27th, 2021 Ford officially announced BlueOval
City to the world...a 5.6 Billion Dollar MegaCampus that will
sit on 3,600 acres and will create around 6,000 jobs. The
MegaCampus will also house a battery manufacturing facility, thanks
to Ford’s joint venture with SK On, a South Korean company. Ford
envisions the site to be a sustainable automotive manufacturing
ecosystem.
The site is located in Haywood County, Tn, near the town of
Stanton, about 50 miles east of Memphis. Ford broke ground at the
site in September of 2022 and plans to start vehicle production in
the first quarter of 2025.
So just five months after Ford broke ground at BlueOval
City, I decided to check out the progress.
In another example of the progress happening at BlueOval
City, Ford recently announced the road names in and out of the
site.
The first road is named American Way, which is a hat-tip to
the address of Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan
located at 1 American Road.
Next on the list is Battery Park Drive, which is indicative of
Ford’s partnership with SK On
Then we have BlueOval City Drive. The name speaks for
itself.
Fairlane Street is a nod to Fair Lane, the estate of the Fords
in Dearborn as well as the namesake of a popular Ford vehicle that
was in production from 1955 to 1970.
Piquette Drive is named for the Piquette Plant that produced
the first Model T. It was built in 1904 and now serves as a
museum.
And lastly, there is Willow Run Street named after Ford’s
Willow Run Bomber Plant that produced B-24 Liberators during World
War II.
Hat Tip:
The Commercial Appeal-Memphis
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