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Nothing short of incredible’: Beshear gets first look inside Hardin Co. electric vehicle battery plant

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BlueOval SK Battery Park to bring over 5,000 jobs to Kentuckians

GLENDALE, Ky. (WBKO) – Today, Governor Andy Beshear and officials with BlueOval SK announced that the first of two monumental electric vehicle battery plants is roughly 80 percent complete. It will be operational by December 2024.

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Hardin County battery park project ‘on schedule’ for production in 2025

GLENDALE, Ky. — Construction of two electric vehicle battery plants in Hardin County is on schedule, according to project leaders, who gave an update Wednesday.

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Kentucky governor joins BlueOval SK executives for tour of battery plant

The company is building two plants to provide batteries for Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles – one in Glendale and another in Tennessee.

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Governor Beshear takes tour as public gets first look inside Blue Oval SK battery plant

Oakdale, Ky (WAVE) – Just under 3 months before election day, Governor Andy Beshear returned to the Blue Oval SK battery plant in Hardin County, the site of his administration’s biggest economic development victory.

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Construction of Ford battery plant in Hardin County on schedule

GLENDALE, Ky. —

Construction of Ford’s electric vehicle battery plant in Hardin County is on schedule – and even ahead of schedule in some areas, according to a plant manager.

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Ford battery plant will bring more than 22,000 new residents to Hardin County, study finds

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BlueOval SK rivals world manufacturing facilities as largest

The massive scope and scale of BlueOval SK Battery Park was on full display Wednesday as Gov. Andy Beshear, joined by Hardin County leaders and industry representatives got a peak of the colossal project in Glendale.

Read the full article in The News-Enterprise on August 10, 2023 HERE

Ford BlueOval SK Battery Park May Bring In Lots Of People

Construction at the Ford BlueOval SK Battery Park site in Kentucky has been underway for a few months now, and the automaker is also working on erecting a new training center there to get its future staff up to speed before production begins in 2025.

Read the full article in Ford Authority HERE.