Ford has launched mass production of advanced battery packs at its revamped Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, signalling a major milestone in the company’s global electrification strategy.
The new facility will assemble battery packs in three different sizes, tailored for exclusive use in the company’s new electric vehicles – the Explorer 1 and the Capri 2 – both of which are also being built at the same location.
The battery packs are assembled along a 2km automated production line featuring 180 robots that weld, glue and bolt each unit.. Each pack integrates up to 12 battery modules and contains around 2,775 individual components.
This high-tech production line is the result of a $2 billion investment to modernise the historic Cologne plant. Now reimagined as a fully digitised ‘factory of the future’, the Cologne facility merges cutting-edge automation with sustainable, efficient production methods. This alignment between battery and vehicle assembly on-site also cuts emissions tied to transporting components, reinforcing Ford’s commitment to greener manufacturing.
Image: Ford’s new electric vehicle battery pack assembly facility in Cologne has begun mass production for Explorer and Capri drive batteries. Credit: Ford
