Overview
- Ford Energy, which announced a five-year framework with EDF power solutions North America on Monday, gives EDF the ability to procure up to 4 GWh of DC Block systems per year for a total of up to 20 GWh.
- Deliveries under the EDF agreement are expected to begin in 2028, setting an initial multi-year anchor for the newly launched storage business.
- Ford’s flagship product, the DC Block, is a 20‑foot containerized battery system rated at 5.45 MWh per unit using 512 Ah lithium iron phosphate cells in 2‑hour and 4‑hour variants with liquid cooling.
- Ford says it will assemble systems in the United States, with final assembly planned in Glendale, Kentucky, and it has outlined a 20 GWh‑per‑year production goal with roughly $2 billion of planned investment reported to scale.
- Ford shares rose about 6%–7% in premarket trading after the announcement, as investors viewed the storage unit’s focus on utilities and data centers as a new growth avenue tied to rising power demand for AI.