Kentucky and Tennessee will be sites of new Ford plants

This is the entrance to the site where Ford will build BlueOvalSK Battery Park, consisting of twin battery plants that will power a new lineup of Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles coming to market later this decade. Photos taken in Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021.

This is part of the site where Ford will build BlueOvalSK Battery Park, consisting of twin battery plants that will power a new lineup of Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles coming to market later this decade. Photos taken in Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021.

This sign is posted on Main Street leading into Glendale, Kentucky.

This is the back of The Mercantile store, one of many antique shops on or near Main Street in Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021.

Mike Cummins, 65, of Glendale, talks about the small log cabin that was moved to Main Street in the 80s and attached to The Whistle Stop, right, in Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021. Cummins is semi-retired and recently sold The Whistle Stop, a staple of the area.

Mike Cummins, 65, of Glendale, said he will be interested to see if the investment in the industrial site long in the works comes to fruition in Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021.

A painted map shows the area on and near Main Street in Glendale, Kentucky.

Grandmas Bluegrass Kitchen owner Donna Mattingly, 65, of Elizabethtown, commonly known as "Grandma," talks about the quaint setting of Glendale.

A train rolls through Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021.

A train rolls through Glendale, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2021.

Trucks pass by on Interstate 65 in Glendale, Kentucky on Sept. 27, 2021. The water tower for the Hardin County Water District 2 Glendale is seen in the background.

This sign is posted at Woods Armory on Main Street in Glendale, Kentucky.

This is the back of The Mercantile store, one of many antique shops on or near Main Street in Glendale, Kentucky.

Soybeans grow on part of the site where Ford will build BlueOvalSK Battery Park.

Mayor of Haywood County, David M. Livingston, 66, stands in front of the water tower that will support Ford Motor Company's Blue Oval City campus in west Haywood County, Tennessee.

This sign marks the city limits of Stanton in Haywood County, Tennessee, where Ford Motor Co will build a 3,600-acre mega campus.

Cotton grows on a site in west Haywood County, Tennessee, where Ford Motor Co. will build its new Blue Oval City campus.

Haywood County Mayor David M. Livingston, 66, stands in a cotton field where Ford Motor Co. will build its new Blue Oval City campus.

This fire and emergency medical service station was built in west Haywood County, Tennessee, to support Ford Motor Co.'s Blue Oval City.

This water tower will support Ford Motor Co.'s Blue Oval City campus in west Haywood County, Tennessee.

This water tower will support Ford Motor Co.'s Blue Oval City campus in west Haywood County, Tennessee.

This sign is posted in Stanton, Tennessee, where Ford Motor Co will build a 3,600-acre mega campus.