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CLAIM #24131 · Ford Motor Company (F) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 23, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2027

Additionally, UAV platform spending will continue to increase as we ramp our Marshall LFP battery plant and change over to the Louisville assembly plant ahead of the 2027 launch.

Sherry House · CFO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2027 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: UAV (Universal EV Architecture) platform-related capital and program spending, as disclosed in company commentary or capex breakdown

It came true if: 2026 UAV platform spending higher than 2025 level (directional increase)

Where: Company earnings call commentary / investor materials on capital expenditures and EV program spending

In context

t cost improvement of $1 billion, excluding the impact of tariffs; and lastly, capital expenditures of about $9 billion. Turning to 2026. While it's premature to give guidance, I want to share some puts and takes as you think about the industry and Ford. First, we have line of sight to recover at least $1 billion related to Novelis. For tariffs, we expect a net full year impact similar to 2025. For compliance, the evolving global emissions landscape is expected to eliminate 2026 compliance headwinds, thereby unlocking opportunities to optimize our mix of ICE, hybrids and EVs and reduce reliance on credits. And for cost, we plan to deliver another $1 billion of cost improvements across our industrial system, which will be redeployed to strategic accretive ICE and hybrid cycle plan actions. Additionally, UAV platform spending will continue to increase as we ramp our Marshall LFP battery plant and change over to the Louisville assembly plant ahead of the 2027 launch. Before we go to Q&A, let me end with this. Our underlying business is strong. And importantly, we are starting to more consistently execute and deliver our Ford+ plan. I'll now turn the call over to the operator. Operator: [Operator Instructions] Your first question will come from the line of Joseph Spak with UBS. Joseph Spak: Maybe just a couple of points of clarification. I guess I want to understand why, as of now, you only think you could recover about $1 billion of the impact from Novelis. And then also just in some maybe breaking news, there was a journal article which said Novelis plans to have the plant back up by the end of the year. So is that sort of in line with your thinking and then considered in your outlook? Kumar Galhotra: Yes. Thanks, Joe. This is Kumar. Thanks for the q

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SEC filings for F · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.