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Ford Energy plans to deploy at least 20 GWh annually, with first customer deliveries planned for late 2027 (www.fromtheroad.ford.com)
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...Ford Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. We will provide United States-assembled battery energy storage systems (BESS) for utilities, data centers and large industrial and commercial customers in the United States...

Our flagship product – the Ford Energy DC block – is a standardized 20-foot containerized battery energy storage system designed around 512 Ah LFP prismatic cells. We offer two configurations: the FE-250 (two-hour system) and the FE-450 (a four-hour system). Both integrate advanced LFP prismatic battery technology, liquid-cooled thermal management and battery management system.

...We are repurposing existing U. S. battery manufacturing capacity in Glendale, Kentucky...

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This plant was supposed to make EV batteries. Then Trump got re-elected.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Completely frustrated when millions of people had numerous reasons to vote against him, but simply didn't.