m and Tourneo Courier people movers. On March 14, SK On announced that it has signed an MoU with Ford and Koç Holding to create a joint venture for electric vehicle (EV) battery production. The new battery plant will be located near Ankara, Turkey. The plant will produce a high-nickel NCM (nickel, cobalt, manganese) battery and the production with an annual capacity of 30-45 GWh will begin as early as 2025. These batteries will be supplied to po...

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tegic agreement on E/E architecture technical collaboration with Volkswagen Group FAW-VW, VW Group forge partnership for import of finished vehicles, components Volkswagen Group China enhances strategic partnerships for battery raw material supply chain with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group FAW and Audi set up new energy vehicle company Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Volkswagen Group officially sign invest...

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tric estate. A brand new fully electric engine will be launched on the new Peugeot E-308 and E-308 SW: with 115 kW (156 bhp) and 260 Nm of torque. It has a new generation 54-kWh high-voltage battery with new chemistry. The battery has a new chemical composition with 80% Nickel - 10% Manganese - 10% Cobalt, which operates at 400 volts and allows a range of over 400 km according to the WLTP protocol (approval in progress). On October 17, Stellanit...

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tion to receive a new family of vehicles. The expansion of manufacturing capacity and modernization of assembly lines are part of GM’s BRL 4.5 billion investment in Brazil. The Joinville complex produces engines and cylinder heads, while Gravataí and São Caetano do Sul assemble the Onix, Prism, Cobalt, Spin and Montana models which represent 75% of Chevrolet sales in Brazil. The GM factory in Gravataí, Brazil, which builds the Onix hatchback...

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that the LR Electric, the compay’s first fully electric Class 8 vehicle, is now in serial production at Mack’s Lehigh Valley Operations (LVO) facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, where all Class 8 Mack vehicles for North America and export are assembled. Equipped with four NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide) lithium-ion batteries, the LR Electric is charged by a 150 kW, SAE J1772-compliant charging system. On March 5, Mack Truck announced tha...

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l Manufacturing Competence Centre (CMCC) in Parsdorf. These cells will be used in the Neue Klasse models starting in 2025. The cells have a standard diameter of 46 mm and come in two heights i.e., 95 mm and 120 mm, offering increased volumetric energy density, with higher nickel content and reduced cobalt content. The company aims for a 60% reduction in carbon footprint compared to the current generation of battery cells. The centre in Parsdorf a...

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Ultium Cells LLC, Spring Hill Plant High-nickel NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum) lithium ion battery cells; LFP (lithium iron phosphate) battery cells (late 2027-planning) JV battery cell supplier for Spring Hill Assembly Plant, opened in 2024 - The pant will add production of LPF battery cells in late 2027 - GM and LG Energy Solution invested USD 2.3 billion in their second JV Ultium Cells manufacturing plant - Construction has already ...

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ts global and local vendors. The company would be adding approximately 500 people to its direct payroll thanks to second shift operations. On December 5, MG (Morris Garages) Motor India unveiled electric internet SUV – the ZS EV. The all-new, advanced 44.5 kWh, liquid-cooled NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) battery from CATL, gives the car a travel range of 340 kilometers on a full charge. It delivers 353 Nm of instant torque and 143 PS power, acc...

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pping and material traceability, as well as embedded carbon emission and due diligence reporting, and battery passport creation through Circulor's PROVE platform. These services will be sequenced over an initial three-year period covering all principal battery materials including lithium, graphite, cobalt, and nickel. On October 6, Comau announced that it has been selected by Automotive Cells Company (ACC) to design and develop a highly integra...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

pping and material traceability, as well as embedded carbon emission and due diligence reporting, and battery passport creation through Circulor's PROVE platform. These services will be sequenced over an initial three-year period covering all principal battery materials including lithium, graphite, cobalt, and nickel....

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

Ultium Cells LLC, Warren Plant High-nickel NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum) lithium ion battery cells Joint venture company of General Motors and LG Energy Solution, Operations started in 2022 - Initial investment: USD 2.3 billion equally shared - Number of employees : 1,700(as of April, 2025) - Operations started in 2022 - Site preparation began in mid-2020 - Ultium battery cells produced power General Motors new generation of EVs, incl...

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supply agreement with Toyota on October 4, 2023 to provide lithium-ion battery modules at an annual capacity of 20 GWh starting from 2025 for BEVs assembled at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in the US - The battery modules, manufactured in LGES’ Michigan facility, consist of high-nickel NCMA (nickel, cobalt, manganese, aluminum) pouch-type cells - LG Energy Solution will invest KRW 4 trillion (USD 3 billion) for the new production lines for battery...

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s. On July 14, GM President Mark Reuss talked about his company’s strategy in building a North American EV supply chain. With the Ultium Cells plants in Spring Hill and Warren, Ohio, GM has the largest OEM battery cell manufacturing capacity in the U.S. Cells Spring Hill has been producing nickel cobalt manganese aluminum (NCMA) pouch cells, but will soon begin work on LFP battery cell lines, with full commercial production targeted for late 20...

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market. On May 1 during a tour of the its new H2HQ facility in Gardenia, California, Toyota executives provided clues of where the company is heading with its hydrogen fuel-cell programs, with Class 8 semis, as well as hydrogen fuel-cell pickups. Toyota is fitting 200 kwh of lithium-ion NCA (nickel cobalt aluminum) battery cells in a special hydrogen fuel-cell Kenworth T680 set to be showcased at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo later...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/30

s equipped with industry-leading vehicle chips. Tank 400 and Tank 500  started their world premieres. Tank 400 is positioned as a large off-road SUV. ORA exhibited its all-new ORA Ballet Cat compact EV and all-new ORA Cherry Cat compact SUV at the motor show. The latter is equipped with the first cobalt-free battery pack developed by SVOLT Energy Technology Co., Ltd. On November 19, the Tank brand opened for preorders of the all-new Tank 500 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/27

Benz examines all environment-related aspects of a vehicle model, from the manufacture of the raw materials and the production of the vehicle through to driving operation and then recycling at the end of a vehicle's life. The all-new EQS shows sustainability facts as its battery cell cathodes has a cobalt content of 10%. The roof of Factory 56, the production facility for the EQS, is equipped with 12,000 photovoltaic modules. Around 40% of the ro...

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been taken and the first vehicles are expected in 2023. The new future-proof Alexander Dennis battery system is assembled by Impact Clean Power Technology. In its initial application in the Enviro400EV and Enviro100EV, the battery system will use heavy-duty, high-density prismatic nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cells. On November 10, Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., announced that it has received an order for 200 l...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/16

been taken and the first vehicles are expected in 2023. The new future-proof Alexander Dennis battery system is assembled by Impact Clean Power Technology. In its initial application in the Enviro400EV and Enviro100EV, the battery system will use heavy-duty, high-density prismatic nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cells. On November 10, Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., announced that it has received an order for 200 l...

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r EVs at a joint-venture manufacturing plant under construction in Bécancour, Quebec, as it slows its rollout of EVs. When announced by Ford, EcoPro BM Co. and SK On Co. in 2023, the CAD 1.2-billion (USD 860 million) plant was expected to produce 45,000 tonnes of cathode active material for nickel-cobalt-manganese batteries annually starting in 2026, enough to power 225,000 Ford EVs. This summer Ford cancelled the three-row EV it planned for its...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/11

plant, which has received investments of BRL 1.2 billion and began producing the Chevrolet Tracker SUV, built on the GEM platform used by the new Onix. The Tracker, launching in Brazil in March, increases the models produced at the plant to six, including the Joy and Joy Plus (old generation Onix), Cobalt, Montana and Spin. Also part of the company's new investment cycle, the São José dos Campos plant will hire 60 new workers to help produce re...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/11