They need more trucks.
Is this because Ford will make their own batteries?
No, as of this article, because
Ford […] decided to halt production of some EV models
Also didn’t they stop their battery production in favor of ai/data centers?
That doesn‘t sound stupid though. If you have a battery plant and too few customers in the automotive sectors, its only logical to shift the output for energy grid and datacenter needs.
What should they do otherwise with 20 GWh of batteries?
The Mustang maker added that it would invest $2 billion to scale the new energy storage business, which it said would “leverage currently underutilized electric vehicle battery capacity.” Ford plans to deploy at least 20 gigawatt-hours of energy storage systems by the end of 2027, which is roughly equivalent to the power used by 2,000 US homes for a year.
They have a shit ton of batteries rednecks won’t buy.