Ford Motor Company has committed a further £149 million into making the UK its European hub for electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain production – safeguarding 500 highly skilled jobs.
Production targets have been increased the predicted production of EV motors and gearboxes at Merseyside’s Halewood manufacturing plant from 250,000 to 420,000 with the help of a further £125m in funding while the E:PRiME product development centre at Dunton receives an additional £24m.
The funding takes the total investment in EV component production in the UK to £380m to date.
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