Ford recently announced that it is joining the First Movers Coalition, an initiative that aims to get large companies to adopt clean technologies early so they can get off the ground faster.
One of the big problems with producing and working with metal is that it requires a lot of heat. Getting heat from clean electricity is technically possible, but it would require a LOT of electricity to melt enough steel and aluminum to make a bunch of cars and trucks . But today, most metal gets processed by using coal, so continuing to do that is also unacceptable.
Another alternative Ford mentions is using more recycling whenever possible. The company mentions that it already produces a lot of recycled aluminum at one of its plants, and that recycled aluminum requires only 5% of the energy to produce compared to mining and refining new metal. So, that’s definitely a good possibility.