Ultium Cells Ohio plant to restart battery cell production for GM EVs after 7-month halt
Summary
The GM-LG Energy Solution joint venture plant in northeast Ohio will resume battery cell production next week, bringing back 1,400 workers after a seven-month shutdown driven by weak EV demand. The restart comes as GM shifts its Tennessee JV plant to energy storage batteries and Samsung SDI buys GM's stake in an Indiana battery project.
Battery cell production at Ohio plant to restart for GM EVs
By Kalea Hall
DETROIT, Aug 12 (Reuters) – A factory jointly owned by General Motors and LG Energy Solution in northeast Ohio is scheduled to restart production of battery cells next week after a seven-month shutdown.
On Monday, a majority of laid-off workers will resume making batteries at the Ultium Cells joint-venture plant, Tom Gallagher, vice president of operations for Ultium, said in an interview.
In total, 1,400 will be working at the facility.
The company ceased battery-cell production there in January because of a drop in consumer demand for electric vehicles.
• The other GM and LG JV plant, in Tennessee, now makes energy storage system batteries instead of EV batteries.
• Earlier this week, battery manufacturer Samsung SDI purchased GM’s stake in the joint venture the companies had formed to make EV battery cells at an under-construction Indiana plant.
(Reporting by Kalea Hall; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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