Car manufacturers need to secure an adequate supply of batteries in order to accelerate their expansion plans in < strong> electric car sector . Several builders already have; announced ambitious plans in this regard. Consider, for example, what was communicated by the Volkswagen Group during its Power Day. Ford is also working in this direction and in the last few hours has made it known that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for creating a joint venture with SK Innovation to produce cells for electric car batteries in America.
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THE FIRST DETAILS OF THE PROJECT 
For the moment, we know that the joint venture will be called & agrave; BlueOvalSK . The goal is to guarantee for the half & agrave; in the decade an annual production of about 60 GWh with the possibility; to increase it further at a later time. This joint venture will be fundamental to the manufacturer's plans that demand for batteries will grow significantly over the next few years.
For this, Ford is investing and working with a number of battery suppliers to have an adequate supply. To support its electrification plans, the blue oval house is also investing heavily in research and development. Precisely on this issue, the manufacturer recently announced the creation of a new center, called Ford Ion Park, to accelerate research and development of battery technology.
Also, at the beginning In May, Ford, along with BMW, again invested in Solid Power which is working on developing solid-state technology for next-generation electric car batteries. Ford expects its global demand for batteries to reach & agrave; 240 GWh per year by 2030 (up to 140 GWh in North America). The overall plan of the American carmaker foresees a maxi investment of 22 billion dollars in electric cars until 2025.
Ford already has; The Mustang Mach-E (Here our test) was launched and received good feedback from customers. Moreover, recently more & ugrave; of 24 hours, the manufacturer has unveiled its F-150 Lightning electric pickup. In the commercial vehicle sector, however, & egrave; E-Transit is coming.
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