Ford aims to be world's #2 electric vehicle maker within two years

Ford aims to be world's #2 electric vehicle maker within two years
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Speaking at an investor conference, Drake said Ford is working with five global battery suppliers to manufacture and help develop battery cells for its future EVs. Those suppliers include SK On, LG Energy Solution, CATL, BYD and Panasonic. Ford expects to reduce EV battery cell cost to $80 per kilowatt-hour at the pack level "well before the end of the decade," Drake said.

(Representative Image) Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO. AP/PTI

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Ford Motor Co expects to be the world's second largest electric vehicle manufacturer within two years, with annual production capacity of nearly 600,000, a top company executive said on Friday.

Driving the automaker's optimism is increasing demand for its next new EV, the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup, with retail reservations now approaching 200,000, according to Lisa Drake, chief operating officer of Ford North America.

Speaking at an investor conference, Drake said Ford is working with five global battery suppliers to manufacture and help develop battery cells for its future EVs. Those suppliers include SK On, LG Energy Solution, CATL, BYD and .

Ford expects to reduce EV battery cell cost to $80 per kilowatt-hour at the pack level "well before the end of the decade," Drake said.

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