Electric Cars Report

APRIL 3, 2024

The Ultium Cells plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee successfully shipped its first battery cells to its customer, General Motors. This milestone represents the culmination of two and a half years of work.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2020

General Motors confirmed Tuesday morning that its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, which once served as the launch point for Saturn, will build the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV starting late next year. As GM clarified in August, the Lyriq might be available for sale in another market—like China—before the U.S.,

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Teslarati

JULY 21, 2021

Rivian is partnering with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to install electric vehicle charging stations at Tenessee State Parks. The charging stations are likely to be installed at all 56 State Parks in the State of Tennessee, “depending on the availability of electricity and planned future park upgrades.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 19, 2021

GM has already started reconfiguring its Tennessee factory to build electric cars. Now it has announced a new battery factory in partnership with LG Energy Solution next door.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

billion) deal with General Motors to supply cathode materials over the next ten years. LG Chem aims to bolster cooperation with GM in the North American market by utilizing its cathode plant in Tennessee, U.S. A long-term […] The post LG Chem inks cathode material supply deal with General Motors worth $18.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

Building on his leadership experience at General Motors and Nikola Corporation, Lie will oversee the development of future Volkswagen vehicles for the North American market, as well as research and development priorities across North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 19, 2023

LG Chem recently broke ground on a cathode plant in Tennessee. The cathode plant in Tennessee will mass produce NCMA (Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, Aluminum) cathode materials. “I congratulate LG Chem on today’s significant milestone and thank the company for its investment in Tennessee.”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

General Motors expects its Spring Hill Manufacturing plant will be powered by 100% solar energy beginning in late 2022. A green tariff agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to supply up to 100 megawatts of solar energy per year, or the amount of electricity consumed by 18,000 United States households annually.

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APRIL 17, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of LG Energy Solution and General Motors, will invest more than $2.3 The facility will be located in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Early conceptual rendering of Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Ultium Cells will build the new plant on land leased from GM.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

The new hub will also unite these manufacturers with research universities, such as the University of Tennessee with its pioneering 3D printed carbon fiber research, and the University of Kentucky with the largest US open-access carbon-fiber chemistry laboratory. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2023

billion to BlueOval SK LLC (BOSK) for the construction of three manufacturing plants to produce batteries for Ford Motor Company’s future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. Together, the plants, one located in Tennessee and two in Kentucky, will enable more than 120 GWh of US battery production annually. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2024

General Motors (GM) recently showed its commitment to electric vehicles (EVs) by continuing its plans for a $3.5 General Motors’ plans for the IN-based facility were initially delayed because the company’s partnership with LG fell through. billion loan for a joint venture between General Motors Co.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Last year, CleanTechnica reported on the collaboration between Ford Motor Corp. and Rockwell Automation for automation on the shop floors of the Ford Blue Oval City, an approximately $6 billion mega manufacturing facility in Stanton, Tennessee.

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Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

General Motors’ (GM) battery plant in Michigan, named Factory Zero, is leaving production hell. General Motors has been experiencing its own version of production hell with Factory Zero. To reach its target, General Motors’ battery production must run smoothly. In all of 2023, General Motors sold 14,000 Ultium EVs.

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JULY 25, 2012

After switching on the traction motors, the vehicle fuel economy increased from 50–100%. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 12, 2021

With all the hype around Tesla FSD, Waymo, Cruise, comma.ai, Baidu, AutoX, etc., it’s often forgotten that little Olli is out there. Or, at least, I forget about Olli. I’ve actually experienced Olli in person, something I can’t say for any of the others.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2022

The first pre-production 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV has rolled off the assembly line at General Motors' Spring Hill, Tennessee, factory, GM president Mark Reuss announced Thursday on LinkedIn. GM is aiming to ship the first customer vehicles in "a few months" Reuss said.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2022

With this funding, TMMWV will also begin assembling an estimated 120,000 rear motor stators per year. Toyota Tennessee (TMMTN) – $17 million. The Tennessee investment increases the plant’s capacity to cast hybrid transaxle cases and housings to 1.3 million per year.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

LG Chem is signing a nearly $19 billion deal with General Motors that will see the battery company supply the automaker with battery materials over the course of ten years. The materials will be produced at the company’s Tennessee factory starting in 2026. The deal is worth 24.7 trillion won, which equates to $18.6

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MARCH 24, 2022

General Motors has begun retail production of the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ ( earlier post ) at GM’s Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant. The Ultium Platform encompasses a common electric vehicle architecture and propulsion components like battery cells, modules, packs, Ultium Drive units, EV motors and integrated power electronics.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2021

General Motors on Wednesday announced plans for two additional United States battery factories and new hydrogen fuel-cell projects as part of a $35 billion investment in green technology through 2025.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

POSCO Chemical and General Motors Co. Through the multi-year agreement, which runs from 2023 through 2025, the CAM provided by POSCO Chemical to GM will be used by Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solutions, at its battery cell plants in Warren, Ohio; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Lansing, Michigan.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

General Motors may have found its solution to the trouble and bottlenecks it has had with the Ultium battery project. That solution lies within Kurt Kelty, a former Tesla battery technology senior director, who will join General Motors later this month as the company’s Vice President of Batteries.

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MAY 3, 2023

The South Korean battery maker is also building three EV battery plants in the US with Ford Motor Co. BlueOval SK, the joint venture between SK On and Ford, plans to operate two battery plants in Glendale, Kentucky, and one factory in Stanton, Tennessee.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2022

The cathode active material that GM will secure would be used by Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, at battery plants in Warren, Ohio; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Lansing, Michigan. LG Chem will be supplying GM with cathode active material starting from the second half of 2022 through 2030.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 In addition to the Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex upgrades, Ford also has announced: It is creating an all-new EV manufacturing ecosystem in West Tennessee—called BlueOval City—the home of a battery plant and the future home of Ford’s next-generation EV pickup. billion (US$1.3

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Nikola Motor Company has named Bosch and PowerCell AB as key suppliers for the Nikola class 8 hydrogen-fuel-cell electric truck, unveiled as a prototype in December 2016. The fuel cell system will recharge the 320 kWh battery pack, which in turn will power the drive motors. —Nikola Motor CEO Trevor Milton. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 31, 2023

General Motors and Lithium Americas will jointly invest to develop the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which is the largest known source of lithium in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Earlier post.) The first three Ultium Cells plants are expected to create 6,000 jobs in construction and 5,000 in operations.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. ” The post General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025 appeared first on TESLARATI. Further details about these new U.S. Commercializing U.S.-made

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors). VIN 001 was auctioned in March 2021 at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction for $2.5

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Ford Motor Company plans to raise production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand, Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Hertz and General Motors announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. Hertz expects to begin taking delivery of Chevrolet Bolt EVs and Bolt EUVs in the first quarter of next year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

BlueOval SK, the joint venture between SK On and Ford Motor Company, is building three plants in the US —one in Tennessee and two others in Kentucky. The first of SK On’s two plants in Georgia began mass production of EV batteries earlier this year, while the second one is expected to be operational in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

Wabtec Corporation and General Motors will collaborate to develop and commercialize GM’s Ultium battery technology and HYDROTEC hydrogen fuel cell systems for Wabtec locomotives. Ultium Cells LLC, GM’s joint venture with LG Energy Solution, is currently constructing battery cell plants in Ohio and Tennessee. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

This investment includes the continued development of GM’s Ultium battery technology, updating facilities such as Factory ZERO in Michigan and Spring Hill Manufacturing in Tennessee to build electric vehicles from globally sourced parts and investing in new sites like Ultium Cells LLC in Ohio as well as manufacturing and STEM jobs.

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