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[quote=Anonymous]Ford 'pausing' construction of Marshall EV battery plant

Ford Motor Co. on Monday halted construction of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant project in the Marshall area amid months of battles with local residents, Republicans in Congress over its planned use of Chinese technology and an auto industry strike in its second week.

"We're pausing work, and we're going to limit spending on construction at Marshall until we're confident about our ability to competitively run the plant," Ford spokesman T.R. Reid told The Detroit News on Monday. A "number of considerations" were at play in the company's business decision, he said, but wouldn't say whether the United Auto Workers' ongoing strike of Ford and its crosstown rivals was a factor.

“We haven’t made a final decision about the investment there," Reid said of the Marshall site. The pause in construction is effective Monday.

The decision was announced on the eve of President Joe Biden traveling to Michigan on Tuesday to rally striking UAW workers, who have walked off the job at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne. On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump is planning a town hall-style event in Macomb County to appeal to auto workers whose jobs he contends are at stake in the transition to EVs.

The Ford battery plant in Marshall was one of four cornerstone projects around which state lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2021 built the state's newest job-creating incentive program, the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) fund. The taxpayer incentive program was created after Michigan lost out on a massive $11.4 billion investment Ford and a battery partner made in EVs and batteries at two different sites in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Whitmer's office, in a statement Monday, said the governor is committed to keeping Michigan a "home to world-class automakers whose iconic vehicles are built by the best auto workers in the world."

"Ford has been clear that this is a pause, and we hope negotiations between the Big 3 and UAW will be successful so that Michiganders can get back to work doing what they do best," said Bobby Leddy, a spokesman for Whitmer.

more:  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2023/09/25/ford-motor-company-electric-vehicle-battery-plant-marshall-pausing/70963467007/[/quote]

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