With $2 billion in facility-specific investment and at least 2,100 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Facilities manufacturing battery cells, modules, or packs of any chemistry, plus battery-specific active materials and components such as cathode and anode materials.
At a glance
- Company
- Ford Energy
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Glendale, Kentucky
- Investment
- $2.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- At least 2,100
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- Dec 15, 2025
- Opening timeline
- Preparation for the conversion is documented, but the start of physical retooling has not been confirmed.
- Added to tracker
- Oct 27, 2026
Official references
- Ford — Ford Follows Customers to Drive Profitable Growth; Reinvests in Trucks, Hybrids, Affordable EVs, Battery Storage; Takes EV-Related Charges (December 15, 2025) https://www.fromtheroad.ford.com/us/en/articles/2025/ford-reinvests-trucks-hybrids-affordable-electric-vehicles
- Ford Energy — Hardin County Chamber announcement (newsroom) https://www.fordenergy.com/newsroom/hardin-county-chamber
- Ford Energy — Kentucky gigafactory (newsroom) https://www.fordenergy.com/newsroom/kentucky-gigafactory
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Ford Energy Systems battery energy storage conversion, Glendale, KY." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/ford-energy-glendale-conversion. Accessed October 28, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.
Related AFT record: Original BlueOval SK Glendale commitment (outside totals: accounting hold)