Ford today opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford’s new generation of electric passenger vehicles for millions of European customers.

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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will officially open the Ford Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, in Germany, on Monday, June 12, 2023.