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Ford announces new battery production facility JV with LG

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Ford has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LG and KOÇ Holdings to construct a battery production facility in Ankara, Turkey. While Ford has outlined a massive electric production overhaul in North America , it has yet to do so in Europe.

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Ford EV production push receives another shove

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Ford has announced yet another investment in EV production, which will be critical if the automaker hopes to achieve its ambitious production targets. Undeterred, Ford announced that it remains on track to deliver on its EV production goals , including an annual run rate of 600,000 EVs this year and a run rate of 2 million by 2026.

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Report: EV Electra aims to make Swedish-engineered Emily GT in Italy

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The Emily GT, an electric sedan prototype created by former Saab engineers in Sweden with Chinese funding, may see production in Italy under the auspices of a Canadian startup, reports Autocar. A version of the latter was publicly shown in 2017.

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GM renames Detroit-Hamtramck to Factory ZERO; $2.2B investment to reconfigure it to all EV assembly

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General Motors announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. Production of the GMC HUMMER EV pickup will begin in late 2021. acre wildlife habitat and is home to species such as monarchs, foxes and turkeys. Earlier post.)

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Tesla unlikely to build new factories for ‘one or two years’: report

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has met with several world leaders over the years, with most of them courting the automaker to build an electric vehicle (EV) factory in their country. Although Tesla said it hoped to build two million EVs in January this year, Musk noted during the automaker’s Q2 earnings call that the company is now targeting around 1.8

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