Unable To Expect, Ford Delays Electric Vehicle Battery Production At One Of Its Factories

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JAKARTA - Ford announced changes to its planned production of electric vehicle batteries through the company's statement that the delay in battery production occurred at one of its new factories, located in County, Kentucky.

Quoted from the InsideEVs page, Thursday, November 2, this well-known manufacturer intends to start production at the Kentucky 1 and Kentucky 2 factories. However, because the request does not reach predictions, production at the Kentucky 1 facility will go according to plan in 2025, while Kentucky 2 will temporarily stop operating after construction.

As is known, the two factories in Kentucky are the result of Ford' collaboration with a Korean battery manufacturer, SK On. Even the factory is capable of producing 430 thousand new battery packages with a capacity of 100 kilowatts/hour.

"The sale of electric vehicles is increasing everywhere, including with us. But the pace of implementation is slower than what industry players expect, including Ford," said Ford spokesman TR Reid.

Furthermore, he said that currently it seems that a big dream for a bigger transition to electric vehicles takes longer, and missed the expectations of many people.

In this case Ford is not alone, several well-known brands are also starting to experience a slowdown in terms of demand for electric vehicles. For example, General Motors (GM) which revised the production goals of 400 thousand units in North America.

Not only that, several models of GM vehicles were also forced to postpone their debuts such as Chevrolet Silverado EV RST and GMC Sierra E.