The Ford Edge is staring at the edge of the abyss as Unifor Local 707 has revealed its death is right around the corner.
In an update from the club, plant president Marc Brennan said the last Edge is expected to be manufactured on April 26. This will mark the end of an era like the one the crossover introduced at the 2006 North American International Auto Show and a modest success.
The Blue Oval sold 130,125 games in the U. S. It was sold in the U. S. in its first full year of production, and sales hovered around that figure for most of its life. However, sales have plummeted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the style is being released. pastures in North America thanks to Ford’s electrification efforts.
Speaking of which, Brennan said the main points related to Oakville’s transition to an electric vehicle hub are still being finalized. This has been in the works for some time since Ford and Unifor reached a deal to save the plant in 2020.
At the time, Unifor national president Jerry Dias said the deal would allow Ford to invest C$1. 95 billion ($1. 45 billion) to build five new electric cars at the Array plant. The former would arrive in 2025 and the latter would go into production in 2028.
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In 2023, Ford officially announced plans to transform the facility into the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex. The automaker revealed they would begin to retool and modernize the facility in the second quarter of 2024 as part of their effort to “prepare for production of next-generation electric vehicles beginning in 2025.”
This is a huge undertaking as the 487 acre site is being completely reimagined and streamlined. Besides body, paint, and assembly buildings, there will be an all-new 407,000 square foot battery plant, which will use components sourced from the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky.