Ford might build batteries as soon as 2025, invests in solid-state innovator with BMW

Ford E-Transit and F-150 Electric prototypeFord could start manufacturing its own electric-car batteries by 2025, an executive said in a CNBC interview Monday, indicating a change in attitude regarding battery supply at the Blue Oval. The automaker doesn't have the scale justify its own battery factory now, but that will change in the next few years with launch of more EVs for the North...