The new LFP plant is in addition to Ford’s collaborations with LG Energy Solution and South Korea-based SK, including a joint venture for twin lithium-ion battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Those plants are expected to come online in 2025 and 2026. Ford plans to deliver an annual r...
Ford is adding 550 workers to their Kentucky plant that builds the Navigator and Expedition in order to meet surging retail demand for the big SUVs. Retail sales were up 35% which has netted Ford a 5.6% gain in market-share for the Expedition. The Navigator is doing even better with a ...
On Friday, Ford noted that an additional 550 employees have been asked not to report to work beginning Oct. 16, bringing the total impact of the strike layoffs to approximately 2,480 employees due to the automaker's Kentucky, Chicago, and Michigan assembly plants all being shut down. The in...
The company intends to use this additional capacity to complement three previously announced battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee that are part of the BlueOval SK joint venture between Ford and SK On, which was officiall...
The new Escape SUV is assembled13 at the Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky, available to order now, and will reach dealerships early in 2023.14 # # # 1. Based on the 2nd row seat in the most rearward position 2. Horsepower and torque ratings based on premium fuel per SAE J1349®...
What makes CATL’s proposed battery plant different from the oneFord is already constructing with SK On in Kentuckyis the type of battery the plant would reportedly produce. From the details released inBloomberg’sstory, sources claim that the new facility, either coming to Michigan or Virginia,...
Bringing 5,000 new jobs to Kentucky, BlueOval SK Battery Park will be centrally located to support Ford’s North American assembly plants’ footprint. “We thank Ford Motor Company and SK Innovation for their investment in Team Kentucky,” said Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. ...
The BlueOval SK plant in Tennessee has a total production capacity of 45 GWh.Ford’s TN battery plant will be part of BlueOval City, whichis comprised ofan electric vehicle facility and a parts production factory. The legacy automaker may havesimilar plansin Kentucky.State officials recently sug...
experts, South Korean EV battery manufacturers can benefit if Virginia’s anti-China sentiment spreads. Potential beneficiaries include SK On, which is supplying lithium-ion batteries to Ford for use in F-150 trucks while building a plant with Ford in Kentucky, reported Business Korea.(Li PP)
Ford has restarted work on an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, but the plant will be smaller than was originally planned. Ford paused work at the site in late September during the United Auto Workers strike, saying at the time that the company needed to reevaluate the scope of ...