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BlueOval SK Electric Vehicle Battery Plants

Sector: Energy Storage • Location: Tennessee, Kentucky, United States

Source: Bloomberg

Project
Restructuring

Ford Motor Co. and South Korea's SK Innovation Co. had a joint venture called BlueOval SK to build electric vehicle battery factories and an assembly plant for electric F-Series pickups in the US. The joint venture is being broken up, with SK On taking over the Tennessee plant and Ford taking over two plants in Kentucky. The US Energy Department had finalized a loan agreement of up to $9.6 billion

Status
Restructuring
Sector
Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Manufacturing (Industrial), Automotive, Government
Location
Tennessee, Kentucky, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Bloomberg

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The project “BlueOval SK Electric Vehicle Battery Plants” is an infrastructure initiative in the Energy Storage sector, located in Tennessee, Kentucky, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Bloomberg.

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Ford Motor Co. and South Korea's SK Innovation Co. had a joint venture called BlueOval SK to build electric vehicle battery factories and an assembly plant for electric F-Series pickups in the US. The joint venture is being broken up, with SK On taking over the Tennessee plant and Ford taking over two plants in Kentucky. The US Energy Department had finalized a loan agreement of up to $9.6 billion to support the construction of these plants, but the loan will be reduced and restructured following the breakup of the joint venture.

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United States of America (USA)

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Tennessee, Kentucky

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Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Manufacturing (Industrial), Automotive, Government

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2025-12-14

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