Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Ford is reportedly partnering with the world’s largest supplier of EV battery cells, China’s CATL, for a plant in Michigan that will produce them for upcoming Ford electric vehicles, according to Friday afternoon reports from the Detroit News and Bloomberg. Outside of Ford’s $11.4

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Ford says it it pausing work on a $3.5 billion battery factory in Michigan but won't say why exactly. The UAW strike may be to blame.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Building on Ford’s commitment to American manufacturing, Ford announced today it is investing $3.5 billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed LFP battery plant, offering customers a second battery technology within Ford’s EV lineup.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2022

Michigan will enable four new mobility services to help address challenges across the state related to sustainable transit, roadway safety, parking and staffing shortages in the service industry. Mouvit and its partners will deploy these robots to service Henry Ford Museum, Novi Bowl and CAMACO. Bluecity ($100,000).

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Ford today announced a significant move to LFP batteries for its electric vehicle line. The Dearborn company is tapping China’s CATL first for Chinese LFP batteries and then technology licensing for the previously rumored factory Ford plans to build in Michigan. more… The post Ford announces $3.5B

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Ford may announce as early as next week that it will build a new $3.5 battery factory in Michigan where CATL will manufacture LFP batteries,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. —Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer. This 200,000 sq.-ft.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2023

Michigan will have access to $13,000,000 in funding to support the Mobility Charging Hub development and secure partnerships with companies aiming to test and implement solutions related to EV innovation, fleet management and overall ease of travel. Ford International Airport.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Ford has confirmed that it’s halting construction of a $3.5 million battery plant in Michigan that the automaker had focused on just months earlier as a key for EV affordability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

DTE Energy has commissioned a new solar array at the Ford Research & Engineering Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The array includes an integrated battery storage system and will be used to power newly installed electric vehicle (EV) chargers. DTE is Michigan’s largest producer of renewable energy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Ford has become the #2 electric vehicle seller in the USA, but it’s also now #1 in something in the field. It’s the first automaker to state that it will produce both NMC (nickel manganese cobalt) and LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Magna has secured new business from General Motors (GM) to supply battery enclosures on the all-new 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. Clair, Michigan, where it already produces the battery enclosure for the GMC HUMMER EV. Magna is also making battery enclosures for the Ford F-150 Lightning.

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CN EV Post

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CATL will provide technology and service support for the production of the LFP battery plant, while Ford will be responsible for cell and vehicle integration. The post Ford to build $3.5 billion LFP battery plant in Michigan with CATL's technology appeared first on CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ford is introducing the Mustang Mach-E Rally variant of its EV. It joins the Mustang Mach-E family and pushes electric vehicles in a different direction as the first rally-inspired EV from Ford. Mustang Mach-E Rally includes a lithium-ion battery with a 91 kWh usable capacity and is targeting an EPA-estimated range of 250 miles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The first Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck pre-production units have begun leaving the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; the all-electric F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring. Ford has invested $7.7 billion in Michigan since 2016 and created and retained 7,000 jobs in the state.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Ford puts one of its cornerstone EV battery projects on hold. Ford on Monday afternoon officially pressed pause on the construction of its LFP EV battery plant in Michigan, which just earlier. Porsche plug-in hybrid shoppers have lots of options. And Nissan accelerates EV plans in Europe—and Britain.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 28, 2023

A gaggle antagonistic to a Ford Motor Co. electrical car battery plant in Marshall, Mich., The plant — dubbed BlueOval Battery Landscape Michigan — is about to not hidden in 2026. The post Michigan team sues to ban Ford battery plant appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Ford and the University of Michigan opened a new $8-million battery lab, housed at the U-M Energy Institute, which will serve as a battery manufacturing facility designed to support pilot projects. Ford, the only automaker to invest in the facility, contributed $2.1

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InsideEVs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Ford said it is going to limit spending at the Marshall site until it is confident about its "ability to competitively run the plant."

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Ford is pausing construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, with plans to limit spending for the time being. more… The post Ford pauses work, limits spending on $3.5 billion EV battery plant with CATL appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is calling for an investigation into Ford’s recent announcement of a new battery production facility built in conjunction with Chinese battery supplier CATL. However, now the automaker is receiving backlash for partnering with Chinese battery maker CATL at the facility. Specifically, Sen.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 4, 2024

Ford loses more than six figures on every EV that it sells, but that hasn’t tempered CEO Jim Farley’s ambitions. Saying that China’s investments in EVs have “paid off so far,” Farley noted that Ford is on track for its next-generation electric models to be profitable and affordable. Images: Ford] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Ford has announced that it will build a $3.5 billion battery production facility in the Marshall Township of Western Michigan. The plant comes with an agreement Ford recently confirmed with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ford did not announce how this change will affect the pricing of the Mach-E.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Ford is expected to announce LFP battery production in Michigan. Tesla passed Honda and GM in California sales. A DOE loan will help Redwood Materials ramp up. And the first Ram electric truck won’t look as revolutionary as teased.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

Ford has begun full production of F-150 Lightning electric pickup at the ultra-modern Rouge Electric Vehicle Center within Ford’s historic Rouge Complex. Ford has 200,000 reservations for the Lightning and is expanding the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to ramp up production to a planned annual run rate of 150,000 in 2023.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 4, 2023

After the state of Michigan pledged in 2021 to complete a wireless charging road by this year , Israeli startup Electreon has finished installing the EV charging road, according to a press release shared by the company last week. million investment from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Today, thanks to Gov.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2024

Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability. The Michigan Assembly plant is getting a third shift as Ford continues to lean on gas vehicle sales to bolster its finances.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2024

CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) is negotiating with General Motors (GM) to license its LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery technology. However, the pair have agreed that the annual capacity of their joint battery plant in North America would be no less than the plant CATL is currently building with Ford.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. years for sedans, 1.4 years for SUVs, and 1.3

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 31, 2024

Following fears that Ford’s electric vehicle supply chain may represent a national security issue , concerned legislators are doubling down by outlining the path battery components are required to take in order to get here. But this has only made Ford’s situation more fraught with peril.& On Monday, Rep. Meanwhile, U.S.

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InsideEVs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

BlueOval Battery Park in Marshall, Michigan, will create 2,500 jobs when production begins in 2026.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 21, 2022

billion to develop two facilities in Michigan responsible for electric vehicle and EV battery production, a new report from Detroit News says. The two new plants will produce 4,000 new jobs in Michigan. On Tuesday, GM is expected to announce the massive investment at an event in Lansing, Michigan.

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Baua Electric

JULY 21, 2023

lawmakers traveled to Detroit to press the CEOs of Ford and Common Motors to shorten their provide chains’ reliance on China. Lawmakers additionally asked information about the era, battery parts and uncooked fabrics that can come from China, elevating considerations that Chinese language corporations will be capable of profit from U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

Ford is cutting the prices on its entire F150 Lightning electric pickup truck lineup, with reductions ranging from $9,979 for the Pro to $6,079 for the top-of-the-line Platinum Extended Range. In addition, Ford Credit is offering eligible buyers interest rates as low as 1.9% APR for 36-months.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2023

In the meantime, Wednesday marked the 10th month of a UAW collision at a Clarios battery plant close Toledo. The plant provides batteries to car meeting strains at Ford and Common Motors. The plant provides 12-volt batteries to GM crops within the U.S. Up to now, there were disagree studies of manufacturing disruptions.

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