First Batteries Roll Off Line at BlueOval's Kentucky Facility

One of Kentucky’s largest electric vehicle battery plants begins production

BlueOval SK, a joint venture by Ford and a South Korean company, has begun producing batteries at its Kentucky 1 facility, the company announced Aug. 19.

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Kentucky’s BlueOval SK electric vehicle battery plants begin production - WNKY News 40 Television

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has confirmed production of electric vehicle batteries has officially begun in Glendale at the BlueOval SK Battery Park. According to a release Tuesday, the production comes after the September 2021 announcement, where the governor and company leaders celebrated the $5.8 billion investment by Ford Motor Co. and SK On. Officials say the investment is expected to create 5,000 jobs, 1,450 of which are already fill…

First battery produced at Glendale BlueOval SK plant rolls off assembly line

The first BlueOval SK battery to be sold to a customer rolled off the assembly line at the first Glendale plant Tuesday.

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The start of production is a milestone in an effort to vertically integrate the battery, a key part of an EV, and to reduce costs.

First EV battery comes off the assembly line at BlueOval SK in Kentucky

The first ever BlueOval SK battery for Ford electric vehicles rolled off the assembly line on Aug. 19, 2025 at the Kentucky 1 plant in Glendale, KY.(BlueOval SK)Four years after Gov. Andy Beshear announced the largest economic development project in Kentucky history, the first electric vehicle battery rolled off the assembly line Tuesday morning at the BlueOval SK campus in Glendale.The first of two megafactories is now producing batteries to po…