Over a century ago, Henry Ford’s assembly line helped mass-produce the Model T, setting a new standard for how to manufacture vehicles. Now, at its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky, the Ford ...
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...
Ford is reinventing the traditional car factory it established more than a century ago with the Model T. The new Universal EV Production System splits the traditional single assembly line into three ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build, and will ...
Louisville, Ky. — Ford Motor Co. is making a "bet" that a $2 billion investment in Louisville Assembly Plant to make a $30,000 midsize electric truck and abandon the traditional moving assembly line ...
Ford’s Louisville, Kentucky, assembly plant feels like a classic American car factory. On the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair production line, workers wiped sweat from their foreheads, while their ...