VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES Certain of our affiliates are VIEs in which we are not the primary beneficiary. Our maximum exposure to any potential losses associated with these unconsolidated affiliates is limited to our equity investments, accounts receivable, loans, and guarantees and was $5.2 billion and $5.3 billion at December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, respectively. The guarantee exposure is related to certain debt at our unconsolidated affiliates, which includes amounts outstanding as well as potential future draws up to a maximum amount of $4.9 billion at both December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, related to certain obligations of our VIEs (see Note 17). In July 2022, Ford, SK On Co., Ltd. (“SK On”), and SK Battery America, Inc. (“SKBA,” a wholly owned subsidiary of SK On) completed the creation of BlueOval SK, LLC (“BOSK”), a 50/50 joint venture formed to build and operate an EV battery plant in Tennessee and two EV battery plants in Kentucky to supply batteries to Ford and Ford affiliates. BOSK is a VIE of which we are not the primary beneficiary, and we use the equity method of accounting for our investment. In December 2024, BOSK entered into a loan agreement with the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) of up to $9.6 billion (the “BOSK DOE Loan”). In conjunction with the loan agreement, Ford agreed to guarantee its 50% share of BOSK’s payment obligations under the BOSK DOE Loan. After its draws on the BOSK DOE Loan, BOSK distributed $3.1 billion (including $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2025) to Ford as returns of capital. As of March 31, 2026, Ford recognized contributions (net of returns of capital) to BOSK of $3.5 billion of its agreed capital contribution of up to $6.6 billion through 2026. The total amount of capital contributions is subject to adjustments agreed to by the parties. Since the formation of BOSK, our and the automotive industry’s expectations for EV adoption rates have shifted significantly and led to a decline in our expected volume requirements for batteries. Accordingly, in December 2025, Ford, SK On, SKBA, and BOSK entered into a Joint Venture Disposition Agreement (“JVDA”), which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026. Pursuant to the JVDA, our membership interest in BOSK will be redeemed, and a Ford subsidiary will receive the two Kentucky plants and related assets, and will assume the related liabilities, including the portion of the BOSK DOE Loan related to the Kentucky plants, which Ford guaranteed as noted above. We used the market and cost approaches to estimate the fair value of BOSK’s long-lived assets and determined the value of the liabilities to be assumed is expected to exceed the value of the assets received. Accordingly, we do not expect to recover the carrying amount of our investment in BOSK. The carrying value of our investment in BOSK was $0 at both December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026. Upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the JVDA, we expect to recognize additional charges primarily because the value of the liabilities to be assumed is expected to exceed the value of the assets received. Moreover, upon closing, Ford will no longer have an obligation to make capital contributions to BOSK and will be released from the BOSK DOE Loan guarantee related to the Tennessee plant.

Certain of our affiliates are VIEs in which we are not the primary beneficiary. Our maximum exposure to any potential losses associated with these unconsolidated affiliates is limited to our equity investments, accounts receivable, loans, and guarantees and was $5.2 billion and $5.3 billion at December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, respectively. The guarantee exposure is related to certain debt at our unconsolidated affiliates, which includes amounts outstanding as well as potential future draws up to a maximum amount of $4.9 billion at both December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026, related to certain obligations of our VIEs (see Note 17).

In July 2022, Ford, SK On Co., Ltd. (“SK On”), and SK Battery America, Inc. (“SKBA,” a wholly owned subsidiary of SK On) completed the creation of BlueOval SK, LLC (“BOSK”), a 50/50 joint venture formed to build and operate an EV battery plant in Tennessee and two EV battery plants in Kentucky to supply batteries to Ford and Ford affiliates. BOSK is a VIE of which we are not the primary beneficiary, and we use the equity method of accounting for our investment. In December 2024, BOSK entered into a loan agreement with the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) of up to $9.6 billion (the “BOSK DOE Loan”). In conjunction with the loan agreement, Ford agreed to guarantee its 50% share of BOSK’s payment obligations under the BOSK DOE Loan. After its draws on the BOSK DOE Loan, BOSK distributed $3.1 billion (including $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2025) to Ford as returns of capital. As of March 31, 2026, Ford recognized contributions (net of returns of capital) to BOSK of $3.5 billion of its agreed capital contribution of up to $6.6 billion through 2026. The total amount of capital contributions is subject to adjustments agreed to by the parties.

Since the formation of BOSK, our and the automotive industry’s expectations for EV adoption rates have shifted significantly and led to a decline in our expected volume requirements for batteries. Accordingly, in December 2025, Ford, SK On, SKBA, and BOSK entered into a Joint Venture Disposition Agreement (“JVDA”), which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.

Pursuant to the JVDA, our membership interest in BOSK will be redeemed, and a Ford subsidiary will receive the two Kentucky plants and related assets, and will assume the related liabilities, including the portion of the BOSK DOE Loan related to the Kentucky plants, which Ford guaranteed as noted above. We used the market and cost approaches to estimate the fair value of BOSK’s long-lived assets and determined the value of the liabilities to be assumed is expected to exceed the value of the assets received. Accordingly, we do not expect to recover the carrying amount of our investment in BOSK. The carrying value of our investment in BOSK was $0 at both December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026.

Upon closing of the transactions contemplated by the JVDA, we expect to recognize additional charges primarily because the value of the liabilities to be assumed is expected to exceed the value of the assets received. Moreover, upon closing, Ford will no longer have an obligation to make capital contributions to BOSK and will be released from the BOSK DOE Loan guarantee related to the Tennessee plant.