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Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid | TechCrunch

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#cloud #energy #investment #datacenter #batteries #manufacturing #technology #automotive

Ford shifts gears to build batteries for datacenters

2 months / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid | TechCrunch

2 months / reddit / /u/MRADEL90

Why Ford is betting $2B on CATL technology for data centers

2 months / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Ford is starting a battery storage business to power data centers and the grid

2 months / techcrunch / Sean O'Kane, Kirsten Korosec

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 16997 / 4 stories in 2 months


Ford Ends F-150 Lightning Production, Starts Battery Storage Business

BeauHD / slashdot - Ford has effectively pulled the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning, pivoting away from full-size BEV pickups toward hybrids, range-extended EVs (EREVs), and even data-center battery storage. Ars Technica reports: Ford's announcements today can't be …

#climate #innovation #energy #business #environment #batteries #manufacturing #technology #automotive #ev

Ford is ending the F-150 Lightning and pivoting to battery storage

2 months / techspot

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

NEW: Ford is killing the all-electric F-150 Lightning and the upcoming clean-sheet EV truck codenamed "T3" A next-gen F-150 Lightning will now get a gas generator bolted on (aka "extended range EV") Future commercial EV van is dead

2 months / bsky / @seanokane.bsky.social / seanokane.bsky.social

The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Yet another pivot from Ford. From @seanokane.bsky.social and me. tl,dr: Large EVs out. Hybrids in! "Range extenders" in! techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/f... And in the what-do-we-do-with-this-capacity category: a new energy storage business is bo

2 months / bsky / @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social / kirstenkorosec.bsky.social

Seems a bit short-sighted compared to what GM is up to, but hey, what do I know. www.theverge.com/news/844813/...

2 months / bsky / @yssman.bsky.social / yssman.bsky.social

Ford is rebooting the F-150 Lightning as an EREV with a gas generator

2 months / engadget / Anna Washenko

Ford Ends F-150 Lightning Production, Starts Battery Storage Business

2 months / slashdot / BeauHD

Ford kills the All-Electric F-150

2 months / ycombinator

Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business

2 months / arstechnica / Jonathan M. Gitlin

Ford’s next F-150 Lightning will have a gas generator as it pivots away from large EVs

2 months / techcrunch / Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane

Ford’s big bet on EVs didn’t pan out — now it’s pivoting to hybrids and energy storage

2 months / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 16988 / 12 stories in 2 months


Ford takes $19.5 billion charge as it retreats from EVs

Reuters / fastcompany - Ford Motor said on Monday it will take a $19.5 billion writedown and is killing several electric-vehicle models, in the most dramatic example yet of the auto industry’s retreat from battery-powered models in response to the Trump administration’s policies…


F-150 Lightning cancellation amid strategic pivot

Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning as mounting losses and falling demand hits EV plans

2 months / techxplore

Ford pulls the plug on the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

2 months / reddit / /u/zsreport

Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions

2 months / wired / Aarian Marshall


Major EV retreat, $19.5B charge details

Ford takes a $19.5 billion hit as it pulls back on electric vehicles

2 months / qz / Alex Daniel

Ford takes $19.5 billion charge as it retreats from EVs

2 months / fastcompany / Reuters

Why Ford is scrapping major EV plans and taking a $19.5 billion hit

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans

2 months / nytimes / Jack Ewing

Ford Will Take $19.5 Billion Hit as It Rolls Back E.V. Plans

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com


Market and tech impacts from EV strategy reversal

Ford's $19.5 Billion Retreat Reveals the Real Cost of an EV Strategy That Never Made Sense

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

While Ford shares are remarkably steady after $20 billion charge, these stocks are getting battered trib.al/WHKf4Lz

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

South Korean battery stocks slump on Ford's EV decision trib.al/a7gRJ3U

2 months / x / @MarketWatch


All Other Stories

US auto industry is so screwed. Nothing but decline from here on out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...

2 months / bsky / @blindeke.bsky.social / blindeke.bsky.social

US auto industry is so screwed. Nothing but decline from here on out. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...

2 months / bsky / @blindeke.bsky.social / blindeke.bsky.social

ALL YOUR FAULT?: Ford is killing the all-electric F-150 due to weak demand and says its now "following the consumer" with yet another shift in its EV manufacturing plans. @aarianmarshall.bsky.social has the full story on @wired.com www.wired.co

2 months / bsky / @jeremywired.bsky.social / jeremywired.bsky.social

The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market. www.wired.com/story/ford-k...

2 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 16987 / 15 stories in 2 months


Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands

John Gruber / wsj - John Keilman, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): The company that makes Roomba robotic vacuums declared bankruptcySunday but said its devices will continue to function normallywhile the company restructures.Massachusetts-based iRobot has s…

#robotics #china #tariffs #business #supplychain #economy #manufacturing #technology #smarthome

Roomba maker iRobot announces bankruptcy — brand will live on under ownership of former supplier

2 months / tomshardware

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs : NPR https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5644772/tariffs-roomba-irobot-bankruptcy

2 months / bsky / @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy / servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy

Former iRobot CEO calls Roomba maker's bankruptcy 'a tragedy for consumers'

2 months / cnbc

Roomba manufacturer iRobot files for bankruptcy

2 months / mobilesyrup / Matthew Mountjoy

Roomba Maker iRobot Declares Bankruptcy, Falls Into Chinese Hands

2 months / wsj / John Gruber

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

2 months / nytimes / Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu

Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs

2 months / npr / Alina Selyukh

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 16974 / 8 stories in 2 months


QuantumDiamonds plans €152 million investment in quantum chip inspection facility in Munich

Rahul Raj / eu-startups - QuantumDiamonds (QD), a Munich-based quantum sensing company for semiconductor inspection, has unveiled plans to invest €152 million to build what it calls the world’s first production facility for advanced chip testing systems. The planned Munich facilit…

#innovation #semiconductors #quantum #chips #business #europe #manufacturing #semiconductor #technology #research

QuantumDiamonds plans €152 million investment in quantum chip inspection facility in Munich

2 months / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

QuantumDiamonds Invests €150M In Quantum Chip Inspection Facility

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

QuantumDiamonds invests over €150M for quantum chip inspection facility

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 16957 / 3 stories in 2 months


Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine

Cate Lawrence / tech - Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics today announced the creation of “Quantum Frontline Industries” (QFI), a German-Ukrainian joint venture that will establish Europe’s first fully automated, indus...

#robotics #innovation #defensetech #business #ukraine #europe #russia #manufacturing #technology #drone

Quantum Systems And Frontline Robotics Launch Europe’s First Overseas Drone Production Line For Ukraine

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Ukrainian start-up to make drones in Germany in new export drive

2 months / bsky / @euwatch.live / euwatch.live

A Ukrainian defence start-up has struck a €100mn deal to make tens of thousands of drones in Germany, the first such tie-up under a Kyiv initiative to help boost the output of the country’s defence companies. www.ft.com/content/fbc1...

2 months / bsky / @mina-hanse.bsky.social / mina-hanse.bsky.social

Ukrainian Frontline Robotics and Germany’s Quantum Systems launch joint drone manufacturing venture

2 months / ain

Quantum Systems and Frontline Robotics set up Europe’s first foreign drone production line for Ukraine

2 months / tech / Cate Lawrence

Ukrainian start-up to make drones in Germany in new export drive

2 months / ft

Back to Top / Monday, December 15, 2025, 4:20 am / permalink 16956 / 6 stories in 2 months


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