Timeline
September 2021 – Ford and SK
On announce the creation of
BlueOval City, Ford’s largest,
most advanced auto production
complex ever
July 2022 – Ford breaks ground
at BlueOval City and installs the
first structural steel
July 2023 – Tennessee Electric
Vehicle Center structural steel
top-out
January 2024 – Tennessee
Electric Vehicle Center roofing
complete
April 2025 – Ford team moves
into Tennessee Electric Vehicle
Center
April 2025 – Tennessee Electric
Vehicle Center signage installed
May 2025 – Sculpture brings
symbols of West Tennessee
community to BlueOval City
By the Numbers
16 million cubic yards of soil
moved – enough to fill five Great
Pyramids of Giza
77,000 tons of structural steel
installed – equal to the weight
of eight Eiffel Towers
1.7 million tons of stone laid –
the weight of five Empire State
Buildings
2.1 million tons of concrete
poured – the weight of nine
large cruise ships
187 miles of pipe installed – the
distance from Stanton to
Nashville
96 miles of electrical power
distribution cable installed
45 miles of mechanical piping
installed
10.8 million square feet of
buildings – the size of 188
football fields
