Ford reconfigures EV development plans in North America

Image for representation purposes only. Source: Ford

Ford Motor Company has announced significant reconfiguration of its EV manufacturing strategy in North America, while investing across a broad spectrum of programs for buildin...

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Automaker BMW, Ford and Honda join hands to create a new company: ‘ChargeScape'

BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co., Inc on Tuesday (September 12) entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new company that will create ...

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EcoProBM, SK On, Ford to build C$1.2B cathode manufacturing plant in Québec

Graphic rendering of the cathode manufacturing plant under construction in Quebec. Source: Ford

SK On, EcoProBM and Ford recently announced a joint investment of C$1.2 billion to build a cathode manufacturing facility in Québec, Canada. Scheduled to begin produ...

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Ford bags $9.2 bn loan for battery plants, but plans layoffs in ICE unit

Once ready, the plant in Tennessee (pictured) and two others in Kentucky will have a combined annual production capacity of 120 gigawatt hours. Image Courtesy: BlueOval SK

The US Department of Energy is lending $9.2 billion to a joint venture of between Ford and SK to help build three new battery plants in the US, it announced in a press release. The...

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Ford opens Cologne EV center to make next-gen EVs for European markets

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Ford Motor Company has transformed its historic plant in Niehl, Cologne founded in 1930 into a hi-tech production facility for manufacturing next-generation electric pass...

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Ford gets EV owners access to Tesla charging stations, announces switch in connectors

Tesla has 12,000 fast chargers in North America. Image: Tesla

Ford and Tesla have agreed a deal that would allow Ford EV owners to charge their vehicles at Tesla stations, the two companies announced. The deal grants owners of models such as ...

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Ford, LGES planning a commercial EV Battery cell facility in Turkey

Ford Motor Company, LG Energy Solution and Koç Holding have recently signed a non-binding MoU to form a new joint venture to create one of Europe's largest commercial ele...

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Ford investing $3.5 bn on a 35 GWh LFP battery plant in Michigan

Adding LFP batteries to its EV lineup this year, American automaker Ford Motor is backing a U.S. LFP battery plant, to aid its scaling-up activities and make EVs mor...

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Ford-SK On BlueOval SK Battery Park at Kentucky to start production in 2025

Ford and SK On have announced consistent progress at BlueOval SK Battery Park, where their joint venture BlueOval SK has invested $5.8 billion to produce advanced batteries for fut...

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SoCalGas and Ford join forces to develop the F-550 super duty HFCEV truck

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has announced it is working with Ford Motor Company on a demonstration project to reduce commercial fleet emissions by developing an F-550 Su...

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Autonomy places order for 23,000 EVs worth $1.2 billion with 17 global carmakers

Autonomy™, an electric vehicle subscription company, has announced that it has placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its su...

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Tata Passenger Electric Mobility acquires Ford India’s Sanand car manufacturing facility

Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML) - a subsidiary of Tata Motors - and Ford India Private Limited (FIPL) have signed a Unit Transfer Agreement (UTA) for the acquisiti...

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Ford secures 60 GWh of annual battery capacity for 600,000 EVs by late 2023

American automaker Ford's recent announcements regarding a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials has shed clear light on the company's strategic pla...

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Rio Tinto and Ford join forces for battery and low-carbon materials supply chain development

Rio Tinto and Ford Motor Company have announced that they have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply c...

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Ford adds LFP chemistry to its EV battery portfolio; CATL to supply battery packs

Ford Motor Company has announced that CATL will provide full LFP battery packs for its popular Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightnings models in North America starting next year. Both ...

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Ford chooses Spain to make EVs based on next-gen architecture for Europe

Ford in Europe has announced its plant in Valencia, Spain as the preferred site to assemble vehicles based on a next-generation electric vehicle architecture. The plant is expected...

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Ford aims vertical integration of EV battery materials supply chain

American auto major Ford Motors is making strident push towards electrification in recent times, and is investing about $50 billion to diversify its EV portfolio in global markets....

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Lake Resources, Ford ink non-binding MoU for Li offtake from the Kachi Project

Australia-based Lithium developer Lake Resources has announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ford Motor Company for the offtake of approxi...

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Ford to launch 7 new e-cars, e-vans in Europe by 2024; plans new battery plant

Ford has announced that it will launch three new electric passenger vehicles and four new electric commercial vehicles in Europe over the next two years. The company also said it p...

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Volkswagen, Ford expand collaboration on MEB electric platform

Ford Motor Company and the Volkswagen Group are expanding their e-mobility partnership conceived in 2019 based on the latter's MEB electric platform, by which Ford will be building...

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PG&E, Ford Motor partners for bidirectional EV charging tech in customers’ homes

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Ford Motor Company have announced a collaboration exploring how Ford's new F-150 Lightning electric vehicle (EV)—the first commercia...

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Redwood Materials partners with Ford, Volvo to unveil EV battery recycling program

Founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, Redwood Materials has announced that it is launching an electric vehicle battery recycling program in California with Ford and Volvo as ini...

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