Ford Made In America

Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imported vehicles, which is set to take effect on April 3^rd, 2025, after which the U.S. will place levies on imported parts that don’t comply with the current United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, such as engines, transmissions, and electrical components, no later than May 3^rd. In the wake of that announcement, Ford is touting the fact that most of what it sells in the U.S. is in fact made in America.

In fact, 80 percent of the vehicles that Ford sells in the U.S. are assembled in that country, totaling around 2.1 million units in 2024. Every single Ford F-Series truck is built in America in Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, and Ohio, totaling around one million units, and Ford also employs around 57,000 hourly manufacturing workers in the U.S., too. On top of that, Ford’s U.S. dealer network employs over 170,000 people across nearly 3,000 locations.

It is worth noting that Ford does source some parts from Canada and Mexico for many of its vehicles that are sold in the U.S., including gas engines for the Ford Super Duty, so the automaker likely stands to be impacted in some way by these tariffs, at least. The automaker has been working to procure parts that comply with the existing USMCA as of late, however, as the U.S. Commerce Department works to establish a process that applies tariffs only to the non-U.S. content of those components.

Some have expressed concerns about these tariffs and their potential impact on the industry, as well as consumers, though it’s unclear how automakers like Ford will ultimately respond. Most have noted that it takes time to shift supply chains and production, with Blue Oval CEO Jim Farley stating that imposing these levies could cause “chaos” in the industry, though he also supports universal tariffs. The Ford-backed lobby group Alliance for Automotive Innovation believes that prices will go up as a result of the tariffs, while Barclays predicts that it will add around $400 to the production cost of every vehicle built.