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DOE announces $2.5B loan to Ultium Cells for three US battery cell manufacturing facilities

The US Department of Energy (DOE), through its Loan Programs Office (LPO), announced the closing of a $2.5-billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC to help finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan.

Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, will manage battery cell production at the three facilities to address the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). The project is expected to create approximately more than 11,000 jobs—6,000 in construction jobs and 5,100 in operations—across the three facilities, including more than 700 United Auto Worker jobs in the newly-organized Warren, Ohio facility.

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Ultium Cells Warren, OH. August 2022


The cells manufactured by Ultium Cells LLC are large format, pouch-type cells that use a nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum (NCMA) chemistry to deliver more range at less cost. The cells can be arranged in different combinations of flexible modules and battery packs to provide the energy for every segment on the road today, from performance vehicles to work trucks.

In July, LPO had announced a conditional commitment for the loan to Ultium Cells.

The announcement marks LPO’s first closed loan exclusively for a battery cell manufacturing project under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program.

DOE has attracted 98 active applications for projects across the country totaling more than $104 billion in requested loans and loan guarantees, as of the end of October.

Comments

Lad

Good move as the transition to EV will require a huge battery industry to supply products. GM should be happy with this tax payer loan to get them thinking and moving in the right direction.
Hopefully, they will survive after being so late to move into EVs.
In 1998 they were one of the the first to attempt selling production EVs; but, dropped the idea and they have been playing catchup to Tesla for 10 years now. Hats off to Ford, who are making it pretty much on their own dime and not yours.

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