On May 29, Reuters reported that workers at the Ultium Cells plant in Warren, Ohio, jointly owned by GM and LG Energy Solution, are now being told they will begin to return ⁠to work in August. They have been out of work since January, when they were given a June return-to-work timeframe.
In an internal announcement t

On May 12, Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, announced it is bringing only a few workers back to its idled EV battery plant in Warren, Ohio in May, leaving plans for recalling hundreds of laid-off workers uncertain.
In January, GM and LGES idled the facility for six months i

On May 6, SNE Research announced monthly power battery data for global electric vehicles (BEV, PHEV, HEV) sold in March 2026.
  
For January to March, the global battery installation increased 9.1% to 244.6 GWh.
By national origin among top 10 suppliers, Chinese manufacturers accounted for 71.4% of sales, followed by

At an industry event on April 14, Hyundai CEO José Muñoz said that the Hyundai-LG Energy Solution joint venture plant that was raided by U.S. immigration agents in 2025 will be ready to open later this month. 
The HL-GA Battery Company plant plans to supply batteries for EVs built at Hyundai’s Metaplant in Georgia, f

On April 7, SNE Research announced monthly power battery data for global electric vehicles (BEV, PHEV, HEV) sold in February 2026.
For January to February, the global battery installation increased 4.4% to 134.9 GWh.   
By national origin among top 10 suppliers, Chinese manufacturers accounted for 69.7% of sales, fol

LG Energy Solution Ltd., an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., announced that it has joined SDVerse, becoming the first battery company to participate, underscoring the company’s leadership as it expands beyond battery manufacturing into the software that power next-gen vehicles.

Ultium Cells LLC will rehire about 700 workers who were temporarily laid off in January at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant to start production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, for grid and data center customers in April, according to Tom Gallagher, vice president of operations for Ultium Cells.
The plant, whi

The U.S. Department of the Interior has confirmed Tesla as the customer behind a USD 4.3 billion battery supply agreement that LG Energy Solution disclosed in July 2025 without naming the party involved. The contract is set to begin on August 1, 2027, and run through July 31, 2030. Provisions within the agreement all

LG Energy Solution Ltd., an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., announced that it held a completion ceremony for the NextStar Energy Factory located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The new plant has a floor space of approximately 390,000 square meters, and its primary products are bat

LG Energy Solution Ltd., an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., has developed a high-capacity all-solid-state battery technology that utilizes sulfur as a cathode material through the Frontier Research Lab (FRL), jointly operated with the University of California, San Diego (UC San

LG Energy Solution Ltd. announced that it will participate in InterBattery 2026, to be held in Seoul Special City from March 11 to 13, to introduce its next-generation battery solutions. This time, the company will unveil next-generation lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries, which it is jointly developing with GM K

On March 5, NextStar Energy held the grand opening of its state-of-the-art facility in Windsor, Ontario, a milestone moment for Canada’s first and only commercial-scale advanced battery manufacturing company. 
More than an EV battery producer, NextStar Energy is manufacturing battery cells for next-gen energy storage

On March 6, SNE Research announced monthly power battery data for global electric vehicles (BEV, PHEV, HEV) sold in January 2026.
In January, the global battery installation increased 10.7% to 71.9 GWh. By national origin among top 10 suppliers, Chinese manufacturers accounted for 73.3% of sales, followed by Korean m

Several South Korean media sources reported that LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LG Energy Solution) will commercialize graphite-based all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) by 2029, using its dry electrode technology. Graphite-based all-solid-state batteries use conventional graphite anode materials and repo

Tesla is reported to have signed a significant supply agreement with LG Energy Solution (LGES) for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to be produced at LGES’s Lansing, Michigan facility, the former Ultium Cells 3 plant operated as a joint venture with General Motors. LGES acquired GM’s stake in May 2025 and now f

On February 12, NextStar Energy announced the production of its one-millionth battery cell at the company’s CAD 5 billion manufacturing plant in Windsor, Canada, marking the company’s rapid growth. Now having 1,300 employees, the NextStar Energy plant began commercial cell production in November 2025.
It was recently

On February 6, LG Energy Solution, Stellantis, and NextStar Energy announced that LG Energy Solution will acquire full ownership of NextStar Energy, with Stellantis selling its 49% equity stake to LG Energy Solution. The move will end the joint venture structure formed in 2022 to build Canada’s first large-scale batt

On January 9, LG Energy Solution (LGES) announced preliminary results for Q4 2025 showing significant losses amid weak demand for EVs and cancelled or reduced contracts with OEMs. LGES estimates that it incurred an operating loss of KRW 122 billion (USD 83 million) during the quarter, though less than half the KRW 22

Several South Korean media sources reported that LG Energy Solution Ltd., an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., had canceled its battery supply contract with Freudenberg Battery Power Systems (FBPS), a US-based battery pack manufacturer, as of December 26, 2025. The contract perio

On December 24, South Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) said in a regulatory filing that it is selling a factory building and assets in Jeffersonville, Ohio to Honda Development and Manufacturing of America.
The planned USD 2.86 billion deal excludes land and equipment, and is meant to "improve joint venture operatio