The American Automobile Giant Ford will invest 3.5 billion US dollars (about S $ 4.646 billion) to cooperate with the Ningde Times of China Ningde to build a new energy vehicle battery plant in Michigan, USA.
According to Bloomberg, Ford said that the factory near Marshall, Marshall, Michigan is expected to hire 2,500 workers.The factory plans to be put into production in 2026 and can produce enough batteries used for 400,000 electric vehicles each year.
Ford will sign a battery technology contract with Ningde Times, and obtain battery technology from Ningde Times.In Ningde Times, it will help them establish a factory and equip employees there.Ford said that they will have this new factory through a wholly -owned subsidiary instead of joint venture with Ningde Times.
Ford's vice president of electric vehicle industrialization, Lisa Drake, said at the news briefing that Ford has control over the manufacturing, production and labor of the factory.Get technical authorization.
She said that the staff of the Ningde era will help the installation of factory equipment that manufacture batteries, and some of these batteries come from China.Some employees in Ningde Times will stay in the Michigan factory for a long time because "we need their help."
As the geopolitical tensions between China and the United States intensified, the cooperation between Ford and Ningde Times also caused controversy.Some US officials criticized Ford to introduce Chinese technology to obtain higher tax reduction and exemption from the US government.In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Dreck also emphasized Ford's control over the factory.
This model is 100%equity of the factory by Ford, including construction and infrastructure, but the factory is operated by Ningde Times and retains battery manufacturing technology.According to the US inflation reduction bill, Ford's new factory can obtain production tax claims, while Ningde Times did not need to directly invest in the factory.
On Tuesday (February 14) in the Ningde Times, it also confirmed to the outside world that it has been invited by the United States Ford to provide preparation and operation services for the battery factory in Michigan, and on the battery patent technologyPerform permission.In the Ningde era, the two sides cooperated to provide the market with the most competitive products for the market. This model was the strong complementarity between Ningde and Ford.
