Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Ford and SK On have broken ground at BlueOval SK Battery Park, where their joint venture – BlueOval SK – has invested $5.8 billion to produce advanced batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles, slated to start production in 2025, creating 5,000 new jobs in Kentucky.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As part of the Ford+ plan for growth and value-creation, Ford Motor Company is investing $700 million in new investment and creating 500 additional hourly manufacturing jobs in Kentucky. This will support an all-new F-Series Super Duty pickup being built at Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville.

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Teslarati

JULY 3, 2023

Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) seems to be gaining more traction, with recent reports suggesting that Kentucky recently implemented a policy that mandates EV charging companies to include a NACS plug if they wish to participate in a state program aimed at electrifying highways using federal funds.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Toyota adds to its Kentucky EV plans. And before its Gen 2 EVs have launched, Ford starts touting its Gen 3 EV project that could face Tesla and China on cost. Ford CEO Jim Farley, during the company’s Q4 2023 earnings call Tuesday afternoon, noted. The Porsche Taycan boasts better numbers all around.

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Electrek

AUGUST 6, 2022

Ford has sent two electric F-150 Lightnings to help with Kentucky flood response, providing mobile power for crews to help get 10-15 families back in their homes per day. The post Electric F-150 Lightnings save the day with power in Kentucky flood response appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 20, 2024

Ford is investing in employee training for BlueOval City. Ford breaks ground at BlueOval City, home of F-150 Lightning successor BlueOval City results from Ford and SK On’s $5.6 In 2022, Ford broke ground on BlueOval City. billion in Kentucky. billion investment in West Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Ford will invest $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. Ford is now commited to build both nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the US. With this $3.5-billion

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ford is delaying production at one of two EV battery plants located on a common site in Kentucky, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2023

billion to BlueOval SK LLC (BOSK) for the construction of three manufacturing plants to produce batteries for Ford Motor Company’s future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. Together, the plants, one located in Tennessee and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 GWh of US battery production annually. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Ford is increasing production of two popular full-size SUVs to meet increasing retail demand for both models. The company is increasing line speed at its Kentucky Truck Plant to build more Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition SUVs, boosting production targets approximately 25% since last fall when the SUVs hit the market.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) have been striking against the Big Three (Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis) for over a month now, and layoffs due to supply chain disruptions have also been ongoing. The UAW’s strikes earlier this month targeted the Kentucky factory, resulting in a walkout of around 9,000 workers.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 8, 2022

Major floods in Kentucky have left people homeless, injured, and dead. Lightning electric trucks are helping with mobile power.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The union introduced the walkout, efficient instantly, Wednesday night on social media, pronouncing Ford “refuses to make further movement in bargaining.” ” The post UAW expands clash to Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, provides 8,700 staff to wood strains appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The union introduced the walkout, efficient right away, overdue Wednesday on social media, pronouncing Ford “refuses to make further movement in bargaining.” ” The post UAW expands accident to Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, including 8,700 employees to wooden traces appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Ford has given the 2023 Escape SUV a makeover that includes a stylish new ST-Line series, available 13.2-inch 2023 Ford Escape Plug In Hybrid (left) and ST-Line Elite (right). 2023 Ford Escape Plug In Hybrid (left) and ST-Line Elite (right). The ST-Line offers a 1.5-liter Escape Base and Active models offer a 1.5-liter

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ford Motor Co. Ford’s electric vehicle sales are growing, and so are the sales of other automakers that are competing in the EV sector. Ford’s electric vehicle sales are growing, and so are the sales of other automakers that are competing in the EV sector. The EV unit also lost $3.1 The EV unit also lost $3.1

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt, to be precise. The asking price is $16,000 and the car is in Louisville, Kentucky. Today's UCOTD is a low-mileage, special-edition pony car. There's new badging and fresh paint, though there are some rock chips. There's new badging and fresh paint, though there are some rock chips. That's about it.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Ford has seen more ups and downs with the F-150 Lightning than with almost any other product in recent memory. The report states that Ford will cut Lightning production in half for 2024 due to “changing market demand.” Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider.

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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

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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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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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Ford Mustang Mach-E is one of them, as it may lose the partial credit it currently qualifies for. Ford acknowledged as much, noting that the model on sale now is unlikely to qualify. Just a couple of years ago, Ford said it planned to triple Mach-E production, and we’re now hearing that it will cut output.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Ford CEO Jim Farley said that the automaker is working to get production and deliveries back to full capacity after ratifying its contract with the UAW. Farley believes the plants in Michigan, Kentucky, and Illinois that were affected by the UAW’s strike are “on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days.”

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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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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Ford’s Model e EV certification program, which was announced last year, has attracted its own fair share of critics from the automaker’s dealers. Last week, an Automotive News report revealed that Ford would be rolling out changes to its dealer requirements for its EV certification program.

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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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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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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 27, 2023

GM mentioned it now not will handover EV manufacturing objectives so it may possibly develop to marketplace call for, age Ford mentioned it might extend about $12 billion in EV spending, together with certainly one of two battery vegetation deliberate in Kentucky.

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EV Specifications

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Ford and SK On have broken ground at BlueOval SK Battery Park, where their joint venture – BlueOval SK – has invested $5.8 billion to produce advanced batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles, slated to start production in 2025, creating 5,000 new jobs in Kentucky.

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Ford Kentucky Batteries Battery 89

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford and SK Innovation will pour $11.4 billion into new electric car production facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee.

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Ford Kentucky Tennessee Batteries 122

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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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2022

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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. Ford was not immediately available for comment to Teslarati and did not comment to Bloomberg , who originally published the story.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Ford has revealed the 2020 Escape; the small SUV will make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto Show. liter EcoBoost debuts cylinder deactivation, a Ford first for North America, which senses when one cylinder isn’t needed and shuts it down automatically. To date, Ford has sold more than 4.5

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