Ford to Build its Next Electric Truck – Code Named ‘Project T3’ - at its Campus in West Tennessee

Ford has announced that its BlueOval City electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturing campus in West Tennessee will begin production in 2025, and will be home to Ford’s second-generation electric truck, code named Project T3. The campus will be capable of producing 500,000 EV trucks a year at full production.

Ford says Project T3 is short for “Trust The Truck” – a code name that stuck after the development team made it their rallying cry. 

Ford and partner SK On are investing $5.6 billion in the campus and creating approximately 6,000 new jobs.

BlueOval City is designed to be Ford’s first carbon neutral vehicle manufacturing and battery campus as Ford works to power all Ford plants globally with renewable and carbon-free electricity by 2035.

Bill Ford, Ford’s executive chair, says: “BlueOval City is the blueprint for Ford’s electric future around the world. We will build revolutionary electric vehicles at an advanced manufacturing site that works in harmony with the planet, aligning business growth and innovation with environmental progress.”

“Project T3 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revolutionize America’s truck. We are melding 100 years of Ford truck know-how with world-class electric vehicle, software and aerodynamics talent. It will be a platform for endless innovation and capability,” adds Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

Ford is targeting a production run rate of 2 million EVs annually across the globe by late 2026.