CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 28, 2023

An electric pickup truck from Nissan is under active consideration with a starting price around $40,000. We can't wait!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

Ford EVs are losing money, but hope is on the way with a next generation of vehicles. More lower-priced Ford EVs are on the way, the automaker said, as it reported a massive loss on its EVs for the first quarter of the year. That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Ford announced its plans to invest $11.4 billion in Tennessee and Kentucky for its electric vehicle production line. The investments will be made via BlueOvalSK , a new joint venture between Ford and SK Innovation—pending definitive agreements, regulatory approvals, etc. Ford plans to build a $5.6

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While the United Auto Workers’ contract seems to be a done deal for all three Detroit-based automakers, Ford is the only brand that’s issued any formal statements on ratification thus far. Ford wanted to make sure readers understand it believes all the things they do, and always has, without getting too specific into exactly what that means.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

Anyone blessed with the gift of reading comprehension has noticed an influx of stories about Ford and its recent quality control issues. Ford apparently spent over $4 billion (with a ‘b’) on warranty claims last year – which is at least one metric in which they beat General Motors, though probably not a crown they desired to earn.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

The South Korean battery maker is also building three EV battery plants in the US with Ford Motor Co. BlueOval SK, the joint venture between SK On and Ford, plans to operate two battery plants in Glendale, Kentucky, and one factory in Stanton, Tennessee. SK On currently operates two EV battery plants in Commerce, Georgia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. Ford announced that Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America.

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InsideEVs

JUNE 23, 2023

The facilities in West Tennessee and Central Kentucky will create 11,000 jobs once completed.

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2023

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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InsideEVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The company will build its largest auto production complex and a total of three battery gigafactories (with SK Innovation).

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InsideEVs

MAY 9, 2022

CATL is reportedly considering plants that would serve BMW and Ford, with potential sites including South Carolina and Kentucky.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

SK Group is building a theme park with carbon-cutting technologies for CES 2024. SK and its partners are already building new manufacturing sites around the world to bring these solutions to market and start making positive progress toward reducing carbon emissions.” SK On partnered with Hyundai in Georgia on a 35 GWh battery facility.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ford is reportedly considering building a new battery manufacturing plant to produce lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. Over the past year, Ford has continually struggled with supply chain issues. However, it does indicate that Ford is interested in the prospect of using LFP batteries within its products in the near future.

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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. —Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It seems like legacy automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors, are starting to embrace the EV transition. The automaker plans to start building a new battery plant by Q1 2024. Ford announces 11.4B Ford plans to invest $11.4 Ford plans to invest $11.4 Toyota’s US Battery Plant.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

Ford announced a series of global manufacturing actions centered on improving the company’s operational fitness, among them that it would source the next-generation Ford Focus for North America primarily from China, rather than Hermosillo, Mexico. Ford is a top auto exporter in the US. This is in addition to the $1.3

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Baua Electric

JUNE 26, 2023

Ford didn’t say what number of employees it’s slicing, however family habitual with the movements, who requested to not be known discussing personal issues, mentioned it was once within the masses. Utmost future, Ford and its South Korean battery spouse SK On won a $9.2 billion mortgage from the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

BlueOval SK, the joint venture between SK On and Ford Motor Company, is building three plants in the US —one in Tennessee and two others in Kentucky. The first of SK On’s two plants in Georgia began mass production of EV batteries earlier this year, while the second one is expected to be operational in 2023.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters , which said the Chinese battery maker is now vetting sites in South Carolina and Kentucky. CATL is now in talks to serve BMW AG and Ford Motor Company. Talks are currently ongoing, according to two anonymous sources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2023

BlueOval SK, a joint venture between SKO and US automaker Ford Motor Company, is building three battery manufacturing plants—one in Tennessee and two others in Kentucky. In the US, SKO has two battery manufacturing plants in Commerce, Georgia, with the second plant scheduled to be operational in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. Dow Chemical Company; DowAksa; DuPont; ESI North America; Evonik Corporation; Faurecia US Holdings; Fives; Ford Motor Company; GE Water & Power; Graco Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

It’s unclear if batteries from that model will come from SK, which has plants in Georgia supplying multiple automakers, as well as a BlueOval SK joint venture in Kentucky that will build cells for next-generation Ford EVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2023

billion conditional loan for Blue Oval SK, a joint venture between Ford and SK On. The money is earmarked for the construction of three battery factories in the US, one in Tennessee and two in Kentucky. The US Department of Energy Loan Program Office has approved a $9.2 The factories are expected to provide jobs

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Baua Electric

APRIL 27, 2024

That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025. According to reports, the Indiana-built EV could be a Highlander EV, while the Kentucky model might incorporate all the leading-edge manufacturing methods Toyota has suggested in recent years are on the way.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford has asked union members to come together and end the UAW strike before it hampers the business’ ability to invest in future products and facilities. Ford has 57,000 UAW workers compared with 46,000 at GM and 43,000 at Stellantis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

million to a third winning consortium focused on building energy efficiency will be made this fall. The announcement of another $12.5 The consortium will focus on vehicle electrification.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Talking extreme era to Ford employees at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fain complained about one usual for the company category and some other for familiar employees. So, too, have Canadian auto employees, whose oaths finish 4 days nearest and who’ve designated Ford as their goal.

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2023

billion loan to Ford and SK On’s BlueOval battery plant joint venture. billion loan to Ford would create 7,500 low-road jobs without considering wages, working conditions, union rights, or retirement security. Not only is the White House refusing to right this wrong, they’re giving Ford $9.2 The post Ford-SK JV’s $9.5B

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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. Ford was not immediately available to comment to Teslarati regarding the criticism. Specifically, Sen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities. The Standard for High Performance Green Buildings will consider a revision to encourage EV-ready building practices. a standard for high performance green buildings that in 2018 will become the basis for the International Green Construction Code. Eversource Energy.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The comparability isn’t misplaced on Steve Gates, the flow chairman of the Toyota Nationwide Broker Council, and broker foremost of Gates Auto Public, a bunch of eleven rooftops in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana that comes with 3 Toyota retail outlets in addition to a Ford pack. “Could there be an opportunity there?

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

Ford will use module-less LFP (LiFePO4) batteries from CATL to cut costs by 10-15 percent starting next year. The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Ford announced that Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., DEARBORN, Mich., DEARBORN, Mich.,

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The continued expansion of Tesla’s Magic Dock pilot also comes ahead of several automakers enacting plans to build their next generations of EVs with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) port , which will give them access to all Superchargers.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 23, 2023

The three way partnership is development battery crops in Kentucky and Tennessee able to jointly generating greater than 120 gigawatt hours every year. mortgage to Ford three way partnership battery tasks appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. ” In April, the UAW and U.S. ” In April, the UAW and U.S.

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