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Ford, LG Solution battery plans in Turkey dismantled

The joint venture between Koc Holding, Turkey’s largest industrial conglomerate, US automaker Ford and South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution to build a battery plant for commercial electric vehicles near Ankara is not going ahead. 

“Considering the current pace of electric vehicle adoption, the timing is not appropriate for a battery cell investment,” Koc Holding said in a filing adding that it would now concentrate on EV production at its Kocaeli plant, a joint venture with the Turkish unit of Ford.  

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