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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ford and a partner company have landed in Kentucky on a massive venture that will create 5,000 jobs to produce batteries for future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles, officials said Monday.
Construction is on schedule, with production slated to begin in 2025 at two battery manufacturing plants being built in Glendale, Kentucky, the companies said.
Ford and SK On, a South Korean electric vehicle battery developer and manufacturer, invested $5.8 billion in the venture — known as BlueOval SK. It ranks as Kentucky’s single largest economic development project.
“Ford has deep roots in Kentucky, and BlueOval SK will help Ford lead the EV revolution, bringing thousands of new, high-tech jobs to the Bluegrass State,” said Lisa Drake, vice president, Ford EV Industrialization.
Jee Dong-seob, president and CEO of SK On, said the campus will be “at the core of the electrification of the North American auto market.”
Significant progress has been made on the 2.3 square-mile battery manufacturing campus in central Kentucky, the companies said. Crews moved 4.3 million cubic yards of soil — enough to fill 200 American football stadiums — and poured 66,000 cubic yards of concrete, enough to fill 356 backyard swimming pools.
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