Ford shifts gears: Will produce gas-powered trucks, instead of EVs at BlueOval City
The Tennessee Truck Plant could produce other vehicles in the future, but for now, it will be the auto giant’s “Built Ford Tough” models.
Topic: BlueOval City
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December 2025
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‘Largest development in the history of Downtown Memphis’ faces hope and skepticism
A future cloud computing hub — at the site of a another development that never panned out — is among the topics on “Behind The Headlines” a reporters’ roundtable.
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Ford and SK On to dismantle their battery joint venture
Under the agreement, South Korea-based SK On will own the facility at Ford’s $5.6 billion BlueOval City in Stanton. A Ford subsidiary will own two facilities in Kentucky.
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November 2025
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Report: Ford could scrap EV F-150, but company says ‘no change’ for BlueOval
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, Nov. 6, Ford is considering pulling its EV Lightning truck off the market.
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September 2025
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$150M, 190 jobs: Brownsville factory canceled
The factory was expected to be part of Ford Motor Co.’s BlueOval City supply chain.
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Bartlett wants to build 200-acre-plus industrial park
Eighteen months after Bartlett annexed land at the northwest corner of the suburb, city officials are securing funding for a new industrial area called Innovation Park.
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August 2025
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Battery production at the BlueOval City campus delayed
BlueOval SK, battery manufacturer for Ford Motor Co.’s $5.6 billion BlueOval City campus, has delayed production until 2027.
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Tennessee town considers deal to turn closed prison into immigration detention facility
Mason is within 10 miles of the BlueOval City campus, where Ford is manufacturing its new electric pickups and BlueOval SK batteries for the truck.
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Ford says it will roll out a new, faster way to build EVs
The new Ford Universal EV Platform is designed to make the manufacturing process faster. The company said it requires less space and offers better ergonomics to improve safety and reduce physical strain on workers.
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Ford delays schedule for BlueOval City — again
The $5.6 billion BlueOval City is where Ford is manufacturing its new electric pickups and BlueOval SK batteries for the truck.
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July 2025
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BlueOval City megasite authority plans to protect Memphis aquifer
Ford’s electric vehicle truck and battery plant anticipates pumping several million gallons of water daily from the aquifer during peak operations.
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May 2025
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Ford tour shows BlueOval City rising in West Tennessee
The 3,600-acre, six-square-mile campus, where farmland was before May 2022, houses several buildings that will manufacture Ford’s next-generation electric pickup trucks and batteries.
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Concerned citizens take protest to BlueOval SK office in Arlington
A group of citizens marched on BlueOval SK’s offices in Arlington this week seeking some concessions for the area as Ford begins its move into area east of Shelby County.
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January 2025
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Ford’s $9M plan funds playgrounds, preschool and more in BlueOval area
“West Tennessee has such an incredible vitality and a special culture that we feel it’s so important to preserve and celebrate that,” said Gabby Bruno, Ford Motor Co. director of community relations.
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December 2024
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BlueOval SK lands $9 billion loan for Tennessee, Kentucky battery plants
BlueOval SK, a joint venture between Ford Motor Co. and a Korean EV battery maker, was created to supply batteries for Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles.
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Hope for BlueOval City remains high amid waning EV demand
Stanton Mayor Allan Sterbinsky said his small town remains enthusiastic about BlueOval City, despite Ford delaying production of its next-generation all-electric truck at the automaker’s new plant.
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November 2024
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Ford will build $7M childcare center at BlueOval City
Less than a mile from its $5.6 billion mega campus, Ford’s childcare center will help out parents working at BlueOval City.
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Kustoff talks past, present and future at Arlington chamber luncheon
The Germantown Republican looks at past and future strides as he seeks another term in Congress in the November election.
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October 2024
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Attention shoppers: Mega Kroger opens in Arlington
The new $31 million Kroger includes a Starbucks, The Little Clinic, and super-sized departments like produce, meat and seafood, as well as beauty and wellness.
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Ford Community Center breaks ground near BlueOval City
The Ford Community Center, a public-private partnership, will be housed at the historic Stanton School located just minutes down the road from Ford’s new plant in BlueOval City.
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Arlington approves change to Providence Place plans
Questions about whether some units in Providence Place can be age-restricted have led developers to change directions.
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September 2024
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Suburbs driving Shelby County’s growth
“If it were not for the six suburbs, Shelby County would be losing population,” Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce President John Threadgill said. “All six (suburban) municipalities are gaining population or holding their own.”
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Baptist plans new $24M Fayette County hospital
In 2015, Fayette County’s only hospital closed after averaging one inpatient a day. Baptist is counting on a population boom due to BlueOval City.
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August 2024
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Suburban mayors react to BlueOval delay
The delay in the building of BlueOval in Haywood County could impact Shelby County suburbs closest to the Ford Motor Company development.
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Amid waning interest in EVs, Ford’s BlueOval City delay raises concerns
“Any delay at all just postpones the positive impact that we anticipate. It puts it at risk. All the people who might’ve been employed there are not going to be, at least not yet.”
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