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, […]
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Battery cell production at Ohio plant to restart for GM EVs
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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)