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Ford s $100 million, 185,000 sq.-ft. Ford Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory in Allen Park, Mich. opened last year. Ford is aiming to raise the profile of its EV efforts with this focused battery center.
Ford Motor Co. is jumping into EV battery development with both feet with the announcement of its new “Ion Park” battery center of excellence. This centralizes Ford’s cross-functional team of 150 battery experts to speed development and manufacturing of cells and batteries.
Ion Park will also work on integrating battery know-how with other aspects of the industry such as mining and recycling as sources of raw materials. The park’s $185 million, 200,000 square-foot lab is dedicated to developing, testing and building vehicle battery cells and cell arrays using state-of-the-art technology to pilot new manufacturing techniques so Ford can quickly scale breakthrough battery cell designs with novel materials.
Ford Announces Ford Ion Park Global Battery Center
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With Ford ramping up toward a fully electric lineup, battery production takes on a new level of priority. The automaker is meeting those needs with the newly announced Ford Ion Park, a global battery center that will focus on research and development to help scale needs to meet demand. Ford plans to open the new facility toward the end of 2022.
“We’re already scaling production of all-electric vehicles around the world as more customers experience and crave the fun-to-drive benefits of electric vehicles with zero emissions,” said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer. “Investing in more battery R&D ultimately will help us speed the process to deliver more, even better, lower-cost EVs for customers over time.”
Ford launches new global battery center of excellence
Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence called Ford Ion Park to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing.
We’re already scaling production of all-electric vehicles around the world as more customers experience and crave the fun-to-drive benefits of electric vehicles with zero emissions. Investing in more battery R&D ultimately will help us speed the process to deliver more, even better, lower cost EVs for customers over time. Hau Thai-Tang, Ford’s chief product platform and operations officer
The company is building on nearly two decades of battery expertise by centralizing a cross-functional team of 150 experts in battery technology development, research, manufacturing, planning, purchasing, quality and finance to help Ford develop and manufacture battery cells and batteries more quickly.
Ford accelerates battery R&D with dedicated team
DUBAI, 4 hours, 5 minutes ago Ford has announced a new global battery centre of excellence – called Ford Ion Park – to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology – including future battery manufacturing. “We’re already scaling production of all-electric vehicles around the world as more customers experience and crave the fun-to-drive benefits of electric vehicles with zero emissions,” said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford s chief product platform and operations officer. “Investing in more battery R&D ultimately will help us speed the process to deliver more, even better, lower cost EVs for customers over time.”
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