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Ford’s Rouge Plant Turns 100, Plans Hybrid F-Series Truck
Ford Motor Co.’s historic Rouge complex outside Detroit is celebrating its 100th year of continuous vehicle production.
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Ford Motor Co.’s historic Rouge complex outside Detroit is celebrating its 100th year of continuous vehicle production.
The complex—named for the nearby Rouge River—opened in 1918. The facility began by supplying Eagle boats to the U.S. Navy. Since then the Rouge has produced 28 vehicle models ranging from farm tractors and the Model A to the Mustang sport coupe and the F-Series large pickup truck.
Now Ford is preparing the Rouge’s Dearborn Truck Plant to build a hybrid-powered version of its F-150 pickup. The truck will go into production in 2020 with a powertrain that can serve as a mobile electric power source.
At its peak ago, the Rouge complex boasted that iron ore arrived by boat at one end and emerged as a vehicle 28 hours later. The complex once housed its own power plant, steel mill, glass factory, assembly lines, fire department and hospital. These days the facility builds F-Series pickup trucks at a rate of one every 53 seconds.
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