Ford Motor Company and AT&T are enhancing the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on Ford’s historic Dearborn Rouge site –the future of EV production – by outfitting it with highly secure, next-generation 5G cellular connectivity to help build the new all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup.
Ford’s private 5G network based on AT&T 5G with AT&T’s Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) technology will support production of the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning, the first all-electric version of America’s best-selling F-Series truck. The all-electric F-150 Lightning has a targeted EPA-estimated range of 300 miles, zero emissions and available Ford Intelligent Backup Power.
5G connectivity can help support the electric vehicle landscape by enabling future capabilities at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.
Ford recently announced that it is investing an additional $250 million and adding 450 more jobs to boost production of the F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is in the historic Rouge complex, which sets the benchmark for sustainable automotive assembly. This new center supports Ford’s vision of sustainable production as a zero waste-to-landfill site.
Rasesh Patel, Chief Product & Platform Officer, AT&T Business
It’s 5G connectivity coming to life! And it’s all thanks to the transformative ultra-fast speeds, incredibly low latency, and massive connectivity that is 5G in action.
Adrian Price, executive director, Global Manufacturing Engineering, Ford Motor Company
The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center was built with a clean-slate design and features the latest in advanced manufacturing technology. We are deploying 5G technology at this facility as a platform to enable us to use significant additional advanced manufacturing technologies in the future.
