Ford CEO Jim Farley poses nrog Ford F-150 Lightning pickup tsheb hauv Dearborn, Michigan, Tsib Hlis 19, 2021.
Rebecca Ua Noj | Xov Xwm Reuters
WAYNE, Mich. - Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley tsis cia siab tias tus nqi ntawm cov khoom siv raw rau lub tuam txhab hluav taws xob tsheb yuav yooj yim nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej, kos lub cim tshiab uas cov neeg tsim tsheb yuav txuas ntxiv mus nce nqi rau lawv cov EVs tshiab.
"Kuv tsis xav tias yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam ntau ntawm lithium, cobalt thiab npib tsib xee sai sai," Farley hais rau cov neeg sau xov xwm hnub Wednesday thaum muaj kev tshwm sim ntawm automaker's Michigan Assembly Plant.
Farley cov lus tuaj ib hnub tom qab Detroit automaker tshaj tawm tias nws yuav yog nce tus nqi pib rau nws cov khoom siv hluav taws xob F-150 vim "tus nqi khoom tseem ceeb nce." Qhov nce ntawm $ 6,000 txog $ 8,500, nyob ntawm tus qauv. Ford tsis yog ib leeg: Rival Tesla nce nws cov nqi hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thaum Lub Rau Hli.
Cov nqi ntawm tag nrho cov lithium, cobalt thiab npib tsib xee tau nce siab nyob rau xyoo dhau los vim qhov kev thov los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom siv roj teeb tau dhau los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm miner's kev siv zog los txhawb cov khoom.
Farley tau hais tias tus nqi nce nrawm ntawm cov khoom siv hauv nws cov roj teeb lithium-ion tam sim no yog vim li cas Ford npaj muab cov nqi qis dua lithium hlau phosphate, lossis LFP, roj teeb hauv tsheb xws li F-150 Lightning thiab Mustang Mach-E crossover. .
"Kuv tsis xav tias peb yuav tsum muaj kev ntseeg siab rau lwm qhov txiaj ntsig, dua li kev nce nqi," nws hais. Yog vim li cas peb xav tias LFP thev naus laus zis tseem ceeb ... Peb xav ua kom cov nqi pheej yig no. "
Lub hli tas los, Ford tau hais tias nws yuav pib muab LFP roj teeb los ntawm Suav roj teeb loj heev CATL uas tsis siv npib tsib xee los yog cobalt ua tus nqi qis dua hauv Mustang Mach-E xyoo tom ntej. Lub tuam txhab npaj yuav nthuav dav cov kev xaiv rau F-150 Lightning hauv 2024.
Ford kuj tau nqis peev hauv Colorado-based roj teeb pib Lub Zog Hwjchim, ib qho ntawm ntau lub tuam txhab ua haujlwm los tsim cov roj teeb hauv lub xeev rau cov tsheb hluav taws xob. Cov roj teeb hauv lub xeev muaj peev xwm muab cov tswv EV ntau ntau, luv dua lub sijhawm rov qab, thiab txo qhov pheej hmoo ntawm hluav taws tshaj cov roj teeb niaj hnub no.
Lub Hwj Chim Loj tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias nws tab tom taug kev los xa cov qauv roj teeb rau Ford thiab BMW, kuj yog ib tug investor, thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo. Tab sis cov tsheb siv cov roj teeb tseem tsawg kawg yog ob peb xyoos.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/10/ford-ceo-doesnt-expect-electric-vehicle-battery-costs-to-drop-soon.html