Customer demand is strong for Ford Energy’s U.S.-assembled grid-scale battery storage as the company readies its U.S. gigafactory to begin production.
Ford Energy’s finalized contracts and late-stage negotiations together account for more than 80% of its 2028 capacity. Negotiations for 2029 and 2030 capacity are also advancing, with customer engagement tracking ahead of initial expectations. Ford Energy plans to deploy approximately 20 GWh annually.
“We are building a diverse customer base across solar, grid support and those that service data centers, and we expect our 2028 capacity to be fully committed by Q1 next year,” said Ford Energy President Dave Carroll. “These customers need a domestic partner with the manufacturing scale and staying power to support them throughout the product’s life.”
Ford Energy is also exploring the potential beyond its FE-250 and FE-450 DC block.
“The DC block gives us a practical starting point to build broader capabilities,” Carroll said.
The Ford Energy Systems gigafactory in Glendale, Kentucky, has met every operational milestone on its timeline so far. The team completed trial runs of electrode mixing, the first step in producing prismatic LFP battery cells, using the same process as Ford’s electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan.
Ford Energy Systems remains on track to begin production in late 2027.