On May 11, Ford Motor Company announced the establishment of a new subsidiary, "Ford Energy," marking its entry into the battery energy storage system market. The target clientele encompasses domestic utility companies, data centers, and large-scale industrial and commercial users across the United States.
According to official disclosures, Ford Energy will offer "Assembled in America" energy storage system products and plans to achieve an annual deployment scale of at least 20GWh by 2027. The first batch of customer deliveries is expected to commence in the second half of 2027. This business covers everything from electrode rolls, cell manufacturing, and battery module assembly to the production of complete energy storage container units, as well as subsequent sales, operations, and maintenance services.
The core product introduced in this launch is the "Ford Energy DC Block" energy storage system, which adopts a standard 20-foot container design and is equipped with 512Ah lithium iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic cells. It comes in two configurations, the FE-250 and FE-450, corresponding to 2-hour and 4-hour energy storage durations, respectively. Additionally, the product utilizes a liquid-cooling temperature control system and a Battery Management System (BMS), with officials stating that its design life can reach up to 20 years.
In terms of production capacity layout, as early as December 2025, Ford planned to transition the production capacity of its proprietary battery factories in Kentucky and Michigan to provide energy storage solutions for grid infrastructure, data centers, and large-scale commercial clients.
According to the plan, the company will retrofit the existing manufacturing facilities at its Kentucky plant to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries. It is reported that this technology is licensed from CATL.
Meanwhile, the BlueOval Battery Park located in Marshall, Michigan, in addition to producing automotive batteries, will also manufacture smaller-capacity Amp-hour cells intended for "residential energy storage solutions." It is expected to begin the mass production of lithium iron phosphate batteries in 2026.
Source：EnergyTrend