{"id":12983,"date":"2023-06-12T16:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/?p=12983"},"modified":"2023-06-12T16:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:23:17","slug":"ford-opens-new-ev-center-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/2023\/06\/12\/ford-opens-new-ev-center-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford opens new EV center in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ford today opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford\u2019s new generation of electric passenger vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ford has transformed its historic plant in Niehl, Cologne \u2013 first founded in 1930 \u2013 as part of a $2&nbsp;billion investment. Designed to be highly efficient, the 125-hectare site is equipped with a brand-new production line, battery assembly and state-of-the-art tooling and automation, enabling an annual production capacity of 250,000+ EVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cologne EV Center will be Ford\u2019s first carbon neutral assembly plant to open globally and supports the company\u2019s commitment to reach carbon neutrality across its entire European footprint of facilities, logistics and direct suppliers by 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOpening the Cologne EV Center is the start of a new generation of clean manufacturing and electric vehicles in Europe,\u201d said Bill Ford, Executive Chair. \u201cThis facility will now be one of the most efficient and environmentally responsible plants in the entire industry. I am thrilled to continue working toward a zero emissions future for our children and grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford today opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford\u2019s new generation of electric passenger vehicles. Ford has transformed its historic plant in Niehl, Cologne \u2013 first founded in 1930 \u2013 as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,22,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12987,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12983\/revisions\/12987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}