Ford set to build cathode manufacturing facility In Canada
By Luke Willetts - 5th October 2023
Canada / USA – In a joint venture with South Korean partners EcoProBM and SK On (part of the SK Group), Ford Motor Co, based in Dearborn, Michigan, has started building a USD 900 million cathode manufacturing plant in Bécancour, Québec, Canada that will provide materials that supply batteries for Ford’s EVs. The facility will be run as a joint venture called EcoPro CAM Canada LP and will manufacture cathode active materials and, more precisely, high-quality Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM) for rechargeable batteries.
The three million-square-foot site is set to be operational in the first half of 2026 with an estimated capacity of up to 45,000 tonnes of cathode active materials (CAM) per year supporting the production of up to 225,000 electric vehicles annually. CAM is an integral part of lithium-ion battery chemistry used for the positive electrode in battery cells. In most EV batteries on the market today, CAM is a blend of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
