Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery maker SK Innovation are planning to spend $11.4 billion on new manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky to boost the automaker’s electric vehicle production.
The first project will be a $5.6 billion “mega campus” named Blue Oval City in Stanton, Tenn., which Ford says will be one of the largest auto manufacturing campuses in the U.S. The 3,600-acre complex will include an assembly plant where Ford will produce electric F-Series pickup trucks, plus an electric vehicle battery plant by the Ford-SK joint venture BlueOvalSK, which will supply the vehicle facility