GM starts construction on the cornerstone of its EV strategy
https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/29/gm-starts-construction-on-the-cornerstone-of-its-ev-strategy/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHBsZS5uZXdzL0F3dnVrTFRSRFRWT0piX2hiLV9kVEVn&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKOQxWDSCOG-r1W7XZiLcMFpwWZeGqshyECk5DhddXnWRSnaUnnr5z__2yCPUHPlf1GdGalCSiYopZe4UB0GbiLuZQqGnNqgqL4uygn7UVqAVj_SOCdx8r0AWena4UCTlxf_bWj0f3FMnUwhW3irX88hkd-35upTusFYmr3v_0Pb
July 29, 2020
Kirsten Korosec
Steel construction has begun on the nearly 3-million-square-foot factory that will mass produce Ultium battery cells and packs, the cornerstone of General Motors’ strategy to bring 20 electric vehicles to market by 2023.
The Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown, Ohio is part of a joint venture between GM and LG Chem that was announced in December. At the time, the two companies committed to invest up $2.3 billion into the new joint venture as well as establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in the Lordstown area of Northeast Ohio that will create more than 1,100 new jobs. The factory will be able produce 30 gigawatts hours of capacity annually. To put that into perspective, Tesla’s factory in Sparks, Nevada, which is part of a partnership with Panasonic, has a 35 GW hour capacity.
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https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/29/gm-starts-construction-on-the-cornerstone-of-its-ev-strategy/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHBsZS5uZXdzL0F3dnVrTFRSRFRWT0piX2hiLV9kVEVn&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKOQxWDSCOG-r1W7XZiLcMFpwWZeGqshyECk5DhddXnWRSnaUnnr5z__2yCPUHPlf1GdGalCSiYopZe4UB0GbiLuZQqGnNqgqL4uygn7UVqAVj_SOCdx8r0AWena4UCTlxf_bWj0f3FMnUwhW3irX88hkd-35upTusFYmr3v_0Pb
July 29, 2020
Kirsten Korosec
Steel construction has begun on the nearly 3-million-square-foot factory that will mass produce Ultium battery cells and packs, the cornerstone of General Motors’ strategy to bring 20 electric vehicles to market by 2023.
The Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Lordstown, Ohio is part of a joint venture between GM and LG Chem that was announced in December. At the time, the two companies committed to invest up $2.3 billion into the new joint venture as well as establish a battery cell assembly plant on a greenfield manufacturing site in the Lordstown area of Northeast Ohio that will create more than 1,100 new jobs. The factory will be able produce 30 gigawatts hours of capacity annually. To put that into perspective, Tesla’s factory in Sparks, Nevada, which is part of a partnership with Panasonic, has a 35 GW hour capacity.
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