Ford claimed a significant breakthrough in battery technology using the lithium manganese rich (LMR) chemistry, but it ...

Ford Motor said it has made a breakthrough in electric vehicle battery technology. Ford expects to be able to offer more affordable EVs with longer range by the end of the decade. Ford Motor Co ...

Ford’s newly-developed LMR battery promises better range and a safety profile like LFP cells. The LMR battery chemistry is designed to be more affordable than current mid-nickel batteries.

Owners of Ford Kuga plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) who have been told not to plug them in as a battery defect could cause them to catch fire have started legal actions over the issue. The urgent recall ...

The Ford Motor Company has issued a safety recall for certain 2024 and 2025 model year E-Transit Chassis Cab vehicles. According to the Dearborn-based automaker, the high-voltage battery pack's ...

However, Ford Canada issued a safety recall in February 2025 stating a manufacturing defect in one or more of the vehicle’s high-voltage battery cells may cause an internal short circuit ...

Despite the chemistry existing for three decades, it hasn’t been commercialized due to voltage attenuation, which means a ...

The automaker started by offering nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries in its electric vehicles, and later added lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in 2023. “LMR is the answer to ‘what next?’” ...

BlueOval Plants May Cushion Impact While the EV segment remains under strategic review, Ford's BlueOval SK battery plants may offer a timely advantage. Three facilities located in Kentucky and ...

Ford has thrown its hat into the high-stakes global contest to shake up the electric vehicle industry, unveiling a battery that in just a few years’ time—if it can be scaled up cheaply—would challenge ...