Autonomous Trucks
Ford on Friday confirmed the project name for its next-generation electric truck: Project T3. Project T3 - future Ford electric pickup projectThe announcement came just before an event scheduled Friday to preview the company’s mammoth BlueOval City plant in Tennessee, which Ford says will be capable of producing 500,000 electric trucks a year at its peak rate. BlueOval City construction, March 2023Ford has confirmed that multiple products will be produced at the BlueOval City plant, including from the Lincoln luxury brand. “PJ O’Rourke once described American pickups as ‘a back porch with an engine attached,'” said Farley in an accompanying release. In the case of the new Tennessee facility, it’s using recovered heat from the utility infrastructure plus a geothermal system.