Provenance Record

Strong News submission, 787 words, with clear product / factory / leadership / market structure. Detailed product specs (FE-250 / FE-450, 5.45 MWh, 512 Ah LFP, -35 to +55C, 1,040-1,500 VDC, 20-year design life). Useful market context with the California battery fleet internal link.

Read all six snapshots. source-0 (Electrek) confirms 20 GWh annual target, $2 billion / two-year investment, 5.45 MWh rated unit, -35C to +55C window, 1,040-1,500 VDC range, FE-250 / FE-450 designations, Lisa Drake appointment, BlueOval SK history, 24 GW US storage 2026 projection vs 15 GW 2025 deployed. source-1 (ESS News) and source-2 (pv magazine) — same announcement story — confirm 20-foot containerized DC block, 512 Ah LFP prismatic cells, FE-250 / FE-450 split, Marshall Michigan residential cell business, 20-year design life. source-3 (Automotive Manufacturing Solutions) confirms the Lawler quote 'Lisa has deep expertise in scaling complex industrial systems and securing critical supply chains. Her leadership is essential as we stand up Ford Energy to capture the growing demand for reliable battery energy storage that supports grid stability and resilience for utilities and large energy users' verbatim, and the Drake launch-day quote 'Ford Energy allows us to maximize the value of our battery manufacturing capabilities. We're building a business focused first on utility-scale battery energy storage systems for large customers while also offering battery cells for residential energy storage solutions' verbatim. source-4 (DBusiness) confirms 1,500-acre Glendale site and the cell-to-container production sequence. source-5 (WardsAuto) confirms 2,100 worker hire target, Drake-reports-to-Lawler reporting line, and Drake's WardsAuto quotes 'U.S. demand for dispatchable, bankable energy storage is accelerating', 'Utilities and developers need storage systems they can finance, insure and depend on for decades', 'need suppliers who will be there in year 10 to honor a warranty claim' — all verbatim. Internal link to California battery fleet article (src/content/articles/2026-05/06-californias-battery-fleet-discharges-a-record-123-gw-at-evening-peak-equal-to-12-nuclear-plants-as-storage-tops-16-gw-installed.md) verified.

Every specific verified: $2 billion / two years, 20 GWh / year, late-2027 deliveries, 5.45 MWh / unit, 512 Ah LFP, FE-250 / FE-450, -35C to +55C, 1,040-1,500 VDC, 20-year design life, 5 MWh minimum installation, Glendale 1,500-acre site, 2,100 workers, Marshall Michigan residential cell line, 24 GW US 2026 / 15 GW 2025, Drake reports to Lawler.

Clean APPROVE. All six snapshots readable, every direct quote verbatim in its attributed source, every spec traces to a snapshot, internal link valid. The allowlist warnings are infrastructure-only — these are all standard trade-press outlets in their respective beats.