A Quiet Send-Off at Louisville Assembly
Ford announced the end of the Escape and Lincoln Corsair back in August, and now it’s official. The last Escape has left the Louisville Assembly Plant (LAP), closing the book on a model that quietly moved a lot of units for Ford over the years.
On the factory floor, the end hit home for the people who built these cars. Gregorio Mosiea, one of the team at LAP, took a picture of the last Ford Escape to roll out of the assembly line, its body covered in signatures from everyone who worked on the popular nameplate. It was a simple send-off from the people who spent years on the line.
Mosiea added that as he left, crews in hard hats were already moving in, starting to strip out the old lines, which brings us to what will happen next to the factory.
Retooling the Louisville Assembly Plant
With Escape and Corsair production complete, the Louisville facility is now headed into a major transformation. Ford is investing roughly $2 billion to retool the plant for a new mid-size all-electric pickup based on its Universal EV Platform, with production currently targeted for 2027. The plan was part of Ford’s announced reset this week…