Though Ford was building the team before, its acquisition of the startup Auto Motive Power (AMP) in late 2023 added over 100 employees to the team known internally as Ford Advanced EV, TechCrunch reported. Ford then capitalized on the recent layoffs across multiple EV companies including Lucid, Rivian, and Tesla to ramp the team further. While most of the new hires are from other EV companies, some are from eVTOL startups like Joby, Archer, and Supernal, the report said.