With $3.5 billion in facility-specific investment and 1,700 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Battery manufacturing has become one of the largest concentrations of new industrial investment in the United States. A network of cell plants is taking shape across the Midwest and Southeast, connecting automakers, battery producers, critical-material suppliers and energy-storage markets. Federal production incentives have accelerated that build-out, while the next test will be whether announced capacity converts into sustained domestic production.
At a glance
- Company
- Ford (BlueOval Battery Park Michigan)
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Marshall, Michigan
- Investment
- $3.50B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,700
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Feb 13, 2023
- Operations began
- Jun 1, 2026
- Added to tracker
- Feb 19, 2026
Official references
- Primary source https://www.michiganbusiness.org/press-releases/2023/02/marshall-ford-investment/
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