Ford Motor Company has formally launched Ford Energy, a new wholly owned subsidiary focused on building container-sized battery systems for utilities and data centers. The move follows the company's December 2025 pivot away from certain EV plans and repurposes an underutilized Kentucky plant previously tied to an electric vehicle joint venture.
Ford Energy will produce and sell US-assembled battery storage units, with plans to reach at least 20 gigawatt-hours of annual capacity. First customer deliveries are scheduled for late 2027. The company's flagship product, the DC Block, comes in two configurations delivering 5.45 megawatt-hours each and targets a 20-year service life using lithium iron phosphate cells.