Ford Motor Co has signed a deal with Vodafone Group Plc to install a private 5G network at the car maker's electric-vehicle (EV) battery facility in the UK's Essex, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. The project is part of a £ 65m (roughly R 1,411,193,630 ) investment in 5G backed by the UK government, according to Ford and Vodafone, and would be among the first of its kind in Britain.