Washington, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Department on Monday Said It Has Finalized a $9.63 Billion Loan to a Joint Venture of Ford Motor F.n and South Korean Battery Maker SK on to Help Finance Construction of Three New Battery Manufacturing Plants in Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Low-Cost Government Loan for the Blue Oval SK Joint Venture Is the Largest Ever From the Government's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. SK on Is the Battery Unit of Energy Group SK Innovation 096770.ks.
The Amount Is Higher Than the $9.2 Billion Conditional Commitment Announced in June 2023 and Comes Just Weeks Before President-Elect Donald Trump Takes Office. Trump and His Advisers Have Been Critical of the Biden Administration's Efforts to Incentivize EV Production.
The Joint Venture Is Building Battery Manufacturing Facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee That Will Enable More Than 120 Gigawatt Hours of U.S. Battery Production Annually.
Blue Oval SK Said It Has Invested More Than $11 Billion to Date in the Construction of the Three 4-Million-Square-Foot Facilities and Plans to Begin Production at the First Kentucky Plant in 2025 and Will Be Ready to Begin Production in Tennessee in Late 2025.
Earlier This Month, Doe Said It Is Planning to Loan up to $7.54 Billion to the Starplus Energy Joint Venture of Chrysler-Parent Stellantis Stlam.mi and Samsung SDI 006400.ks to Help Build Two EV Lithium-Ion Battery Plants in Indiana.
The Conditional Commitment Award Must Still Be Finalized and Includes $6.85 Billion in Principal and $688 Million in Capitalized Interest
Doe Said Last Month It Was Proposing to Loan Rivian up to $6.6 Billion to Build a Plant in Georgia to Begin Building Smaller, Less Expensive Evs in 2028.
In December 2022, Doe Finalized a $2.5 Billion Low-Cost Loan to a Joint Venture of General Motors Gm.n and LG Energy Solution to Help Pay for Three New Lithium-Ion Battery Cell Manufacturing Facilities in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.
(Reporting by David Shepardson
Editing by Mark Potter)
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华盛顿，12月16日（路透社）— 美国能源部周一表示，已敲定向福特汽车合资企业提供的96.3亿美元贷款 F.n 韩国电池制造商Sk继续为田纳西州和肯塔基州三座新电池制造工厂的建设提供资金。
政府为Blue Oval Sk合资企业提供的低成本政府贷款是政府先进技术汽车制造贷款计划有史以来最大的一笔贷款。Sk on 是能源集团 Sk Innovation 的电池单元 096770.ks.
该金额高于2023年6月宣布的92亿美元有条件承诺，而且是在当选总统唐纳德·特朗普上任前几周作出的。特朗普及其顾问对拜登政府激励电动汽车生产的努力持批评态度。
该合资企业正在肯塔基州和田纳西州建造电池制造设施，这将使美国每年的电池产量超过120千兆瓦时。
Blue Oval Sk表示，迄今已投资超过110亿美元建造三座占地400万平方英尺的设施，并计划于2025年在肯塔基州的第一家工厂开始生产，并将准备在2025年底在田纳西州开始生产。
本月早些时候，美国能源部表示计划向克莱斯勒-母公司Stellantis的Starplus Energy合资企业提供高达75.4亿美元的贷款 STLAM.mi 还有三星 SDI 006400.ks 帮助在印第安纳州建造两座电动汽车锂离子电池工厂。
有条件承诺奖励仍必须最终确定，其中包括68.5亿美元的本金和6.88亿美元的资本化利息
美国能源部上个月表示，它提议向Rivian提供高达66亿美元的贷款，用于在佐治亚州建造一座工厂，以便在2028年开始生产更小、更便宜的电动汽车。
2022年12月，美国能源部完成了对通用汽车合资企业的25亿美元低成本贷款 Gm.n 和LG能源解决方案将帮助支付俄亥俄州、田纳西州和密歇根州三座新的锂离子电池制造设施的费用。
