Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Co and South Korean energy conglomerate SK Innovation have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture to manufacture battery cells and energy storage arrays for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States, Ford said.
The venture, to be called BlueOvalSK, will produce roughly 60 gigawatt hours (GWh) annually starting mid-decade, with the potential to expand. This will be almost half of Ford's annual energy demand for its North American vehicles by 2030; the company said it expects to need up to 140 GWh annually in North America by the end of the decade.SK Innovation, which has specialized in the development and commercialization of nickel-rich nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery technology, developed the world's first...