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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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 post Ford layoffs increased at two plants due to ongoing UAW strikes appeared first on TESLARATI.

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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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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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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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It seems like legacy automakers, including Toyota, Stellantis, Ford, and General Motors, are starting to embrace the EV transition. The remaining two automakers that make up the Detroit 3—Ford and General Motors—announced battery investment plans a few weeks before Stellantis. Ford announces 11.4B

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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

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Ford F150 Lightning has been awarded Edmunds’ “Top Rated Electric Truck of 2023” award ahead of a massive production upgrade planned for this year. At the same time, Ford’s gas F150 was also rated the top truck of 2023. Ford sees what is on the horizon; competition. What do you think of the article?

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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

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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Several large automakers have already adopted Tesla’s NACS connector, including Ford , General Motors , Honda, BMW, and Rivian, among others. ” The partnership will start in 2025, a year after Ford and GM will adopt it. Those automakers will gain access to the Tesla Supercharger Network in Spring 2024.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 23, 2022

A Ford F150 Lightning and a Kia Niro EV are being used to power a dealership in Northern California after a recent earthquake. As reported by AutoEvolution , the dealership, Harper Motors in Eureka, CA, announced on their Facebook page that the 2 EVs are allowing them to stay open and to service customers. As reported by CNN , the 6.4

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

As of June 15, 2022, Ford will no longer offer the opportunity to purchase its three all-electric vehicles, the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit Van, for new leases. Ford informed dealers in a letter that it was discontinuing the end-of-lease purchase option for the E-Transit van, Mustang Mach-E, and F-150 Lightning.

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Baua Electric

JULY 1, 2023

Battery cellular manufacturing on the SK On-Ford Motor Co. three way partnership in Kentucky and Tennessee is ready to start out in 2025. Ford and SK On plan to take a position a mixed $11.4 billion and form just about 11,000 jobs on the Tennessee and Kentucky websites. Latter past, the U.S.

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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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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

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. I’d love to hear from you!

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unionized Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, and General Motors employees from Spring Hill, Tennessee, have voted no on the contract agreement reached by the United Auto Workers. & On Monday, production workers at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant voted against the tentative agreement.

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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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JANUARY 9, 2015

The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

” Last year, the UAW successfully launched a historic, six-week strike against the “Big Three” automakers of Michigan, Ford, General Motors (GM) and Dodge-Chrysler parent company Stellantis, garnering record pay increases. ” “It’s not the UAW and Ford against foreign automakers,” Fain said in October.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 8, 2023

Ford is significantly eager to speculate $3.5 Closing era, Ford CEO Jim Farley stated he sees China, no longer GM or Toyota, as its primary rival within the EV sector. billion in a battery plant in Marshall, Mich., a mission the automaker hopes will backup it compete with Chinese language EV makers.

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2023

TO THE EDITOR: The longer one has labored within the car trade, the extra “Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant road-tests a new quality strategy” (autonews.com, Would possibly 1) turns out just like the film Groundhog Date. For lots of car generations, Ford has “reinvented” its solution to detail and production.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis have voted to ratify the recently proposed contracts following a historic six-week strike that began when the previous contracts expired. factories.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2022

However you break it down, the Fremont Factory’s manufacturing prowess showed its domination in 2021, as it was the most productive automotive factory in the United States in 2021, outpacing Toyota, BMW, and Ford factories that have long created the most robust figures of car production in previous decades.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Things have ramped up since then, with an estimated 40,000 union members working at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis striking as additional plants were targeted. Hitting Stellantis’ Sterling Heights truck plant is highly reminiscent of the recent walkout seen at Ford's Kentucky Truck assembly plant.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 23, 2023

UAW-represented workers walked off the job at the Sterling Heights, Michigan plant on Monday, with the UAW saying that Stellantis had the “worst proposal” on the table compared to fellow “Big Three” automakers General Motors (GM) and Ford (via Reuters ). Reuters wasn’t able to reach Stellantis for comment.

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Teslarati

MARCH 18, 2024

plant at which workers have filed to hold an election, after the UAW successfully garnered record pay increases in a historic six-week strike against Ford, General Motors (GM) and Dodge-Chrysler owner Stellantis last year. This also marks the first non-union U.S.

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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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MARCH 16, 2013

Loans awarded were: Ford Motor Company, $5.907 billion, Sep 2009: to upgrade factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio and to introduce new technologies to raise the fuel efficiency of more than a dozen popular vehicles. DOE has made five loans worth $8.4 billion and used $3.3

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