Future Fords, China’s BEV boom, GM Netflix and a Magic Eye – the week


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This week, Ford announced that it will work with its partners to build a new battery plant in Turkey: Ford, LG and Koc to form battery cells JV in Europe. And in North America, it looked like problems were ironed out at a Ford-supplying SK On battery plant: SK On resumes US battery cell production for Ford. While the intention for mass-electrification is certainly there, Ford still sees a big future for its internal combustion engine models: Ford’s piston-powered future. There’s even a Valmet plant in Germany dedicated to that: Valmet starts production at German battery systems plant. Jaguar Land Rover is adding jobs at new tech hubs focussing on autonomous drive tech.