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“We are doing so many new things I can’t tell you with 100 percent certainty that it will all go just right.”
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After losing billions of dollars in its electric vehicle division over recent years, Ford has announced a massive pivot that will completely reimagine its vehicle assembly process, The New York Times reported.
“We tore up the moving assembly line that you see here today and we came up with a brand-new concept,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, per the Times. “This is the most radical redesign of how we manufacture cars since the Model T.”
In 2021, the year after Farley took over as CEO, Ford came out of the gates fast with an ambitious plan to expand its EV lineup, releasing all-electric versions of its popular Mustang sports car and F-150 pickup. At the time, the company appeared poised to challenge Tesla for EV dominance in the U.S. market.
However, in the years since, Ford’s EV wing has suffered massive losses while Tesla has managed to significantly drop the price of its vehicles, making it more difficult for Ford to compete. According to the Times, Ford’s EV division has lost an eyewatering $12 billion, including $2.2 billion in the first six months of 2025.
Despite these losses, the U.S. electric vehicle market has demonstrated signs of consistent growth in recent years. For the first three months of 2025, EV sales in the U.S. increased by 11.4% compared to the previous year, with nearly 300,000 EVs sold, according to Cox Automotive.
After previously announcing cutbacks to its EV program, Ford said it will be shifting to lower-cost materials, which should lower vehicle prices and help Ford better compete with new EVs coming out of China.
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“I’d say this puts them within spitting distance of the Chinese,” Sandy Munro, an auto consultant and engineer, said of Ford’s cost-saving moves, per the Times.
Despite the billions of dollars at stake, Farley sought to manage expectations.
“We are doing so many new things I can’t tell you with 100 percent certainty that it will all go just right,” Farley said, per the Times.
If all goes well, having more affordable EVs on the market would be a win for consumers and the planet. In addition to their environmental benefits, electric vehicles can help consumers save significant amounts of money on gas.
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