As the electrification of cars progresses worldwide, American automobile giant Ford plans to invest more than 770 billion yen in Japanese yen to build three new battery factories in order to strengthen the production system of EV = electric vehicles. Clarified.
Ford announced on the 27th that it will build a total of three battery plants, two in southern Kentucky and one in southern Tennessee, to strengthen its EV = electric vehicle production system.
It will be built jointly with a Korean company engaged in the battery business, and the plant in Tennessee will also produce EVs.
Ford's investment is 7 billion dollars, which is more than 770 billion yen in Japanese yen, and it is said that it will create 11,000 jobs.
As the electrification of cars accelerates globally toward a carbon-free society, the Biden administration last month raised the percentage of new car sales that do not emit exhaust gas while driving, such as EVs, to 50% in 2030. I have signed the decree.
The company agrees with this and aims to accelerate the production of EVs for pickup trucks by improving the battery factory.
In the United States, GM = General Motors has also set a goal to stop selling new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 and switch to EVs.