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Ultium Cells Starts Ground Prep on New EV Battery Cell Facility

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Ultium Cells LLC Starts Ground Prep on New Electric Vehicle Battery Cell Facility in Lordstown
General Motors
May 19, 2020

LORDSTOWN, Ohio – Ultium Cells LLC is the name of the General Motors and LG Chem joint venture for cell manufacturing. Construction has started with ground prep activities for the future site of the Ultium battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown.

During the pandemic, product development work on GM’s future EV and AV portfolios continues to progress at a rapid pace. The Cruise Origin was revealed in San Francisco earlier this year, and production timing remains on track for the yet-to-be-revealed Cadillac Lyriq and GMC HUMMER EV, all powered by the Ultium battery system.
 
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Re: Ultium Overview

some interesting "insight" with the "wireless" battery management at cell level and "future proof" cell replacement capacity
if it comes out like the call makes it sound like GM SHOULD have a very good EV "battery platform"
I hadn't heard that about the lack of Leaf replacement battery availability driving prices up. It's bad enough when that's done on a sub-$1k electronic, but on a car that was first launched only 10 years ago????? I'd be pissed off beyond belief!
 
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I've been saying this for some time: GM has a long, long history with electrics (unlike, say, Nissan or Ford or VW), going all the way back to the the Electro-Vair of 1965. That's now paying off with this Ultima battery system - 70% fewer internal connections? Structural cases? More compact and lighter weight? Those are things only an experienced company working on 2nd, 3rd generation equipment can do. GM is the only true competitor to Tesla so far. The rest are amateurs.
 
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From the Q2 2020 financials press release:

https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm...s/news/emergency_news/2020/0729-earnings.html

PDF: https://media.gm.com/dld/content/Pa...ile.res/gm-q2-2020-earnings-press-release.pdf

During the quarter, Ultium Cells LLC — GM’s joint venture with LG Chem for cell manufacturing — started construction with ground prep activities for the future site of the Ultium battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown, Ohio. Site construction began in April, building foundation work started July 1, and crews began erecting building steel July 29.
 
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