Ford bags $9.2 bn loan for battery plants, but plans layoffs in ICE unit

Once ready, the plant in Tennessee (pictured) and two others in Kentucky will have a combined annual production capacity of 120 gigawatt hours. Image Courtesy: BlueOval SK

The US Department of Energy is lending $9.2 billion to a joint venture of between Ford and SK to help build three new battery plants in the US, it announced in a press release. The...

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Ford gets EV owners access to Tesla charging stations, announces switch in connectors

Tesla has 12,000 fast chargers in North America. Image: Tesla

Ford and Tesla have agreed a deal that would allow Ford EV owners to charge their vehicles at Tesla stations, the two companies announced. The deal grants owners of models such as ...

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SoCalGas and Ford join forces to develop the F-550 super duty HFCEV truck

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has announced it is working with Ford Motor Company on a demonstration project to reduce commercial fleet emissions by developing an F-550 Su...

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Autonomy places order for 23,000 EVs worth $1.2 billion with 17 global carmakers

Autonomy™, an electric vehicle subscription company, has announced that it has placed an order for 23,000 electric vehicles with 17 global automakers to expand and diversify its su...

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Rio Tinto and Ford join forces for battery and low-carbon materials supply chain development

Rio Tinto and Ford Motor Company have announced that they have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop more sustainable and secure supply c...

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Lake Resources, Ford ink non-binding MoU for Li offtake from the Kachi Project

Australia-based Lithium developer Lake Resources has announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ford Motor Company for the offtake of approxi...

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Ford to launch 7 new e-cars, e-vans in Europe by 2024; plans new battery plant

Ford has announced that it will launch three new electric passenger vehicles and four new electric commercial vehicles in Europe over the next two years. The company also said it p...

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PG&E, Ford Motor partners for bidirectional EV charging tech in customers’ homes

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Ford Motor Company have announced a collaboration exploring how Ford's new F-150 Lightning electric vehicle (EV)—the first commercia...

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Redwood Materials partners with Ford, Volvo to unveil EV battery recycling program

Founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, Redwood Materials has announced that it is launching an electric vehicle battery recycling program in California with Ford and Volvo as ini...

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