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Work forges ahead as scheduled on Kentucky EV battery plants

WUKY | By Associated Press
Published December 6, 2022 at 7:17 AM EST
FILE - This Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, photo, shows a 1,551-acre field which will become the site of of a joint venture with Ford Motor Company and SK Innovation to create the $5.8 billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park in Glendale, Ky. Construction is on schedule, with production scheduled to start in 2025 at the two battery manufacturing plants being built in Glendale, the companies said Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
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FILE - This Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, photo, shows a 1,551-acre field which will become the site of of a joint venture with Ford Motor Company and SK Innovation to create the $5.8 billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park in Glendale, Ky. Construction is on schedule, with production scheduled to start in 2025 at the two battery manufacturing plants being built in Glendale, the companies said Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)



Ford Motor Co. and South Korean partner SK On have shown off their progress in developing a battery production venture in Kentucky. They've
laid the groundwork for what a Ford executive says is one of the “big bets” the automaker is making in its electric vehicle business.

The companies said Monday that dirt has been moved, concrete poured and steel structures are rising according to plan. Production is scheduled
to start in 2025 at the two battery manufacturing plants being built at Glendale, Kentucky. The venture will employ 5,000 workers to produce batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles.
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