Ford is pulling back on EVs and getting in on the AI boom with data center battery storage
福特汽车福特汽车(US:F) Business Insider·2025-12-16 21:08

EVs aren't really working out for Ford, so now it's chasing the AI boom instead. The Detroit auto giant said on Monday it would pull back from electric vehicles in a move that would cost the company 19.5billion.Inadditiontoscrappingplannedelectricmodelsandbuildingmorehybrids,FordsaiditwouldrepurposeitsEVbatteryfactoryinKentuckytobuildbatteriestopowerdatacentersandenergyinfrastructure.TheMustangmakeraddedthatitwouldinvest19.5 billion.In addition to scrapping planned electric models and building more hybrids, Ford said it would repurpose its EV battery factory in Kentucky to build batteries to power data centers and energy infrastructure. The Mustang maker added that it would invest 2 billion to scale the new energy storage b ...