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Things really started to take shape last fall along Tod Avenue SW in Lordstown, where the $2.3 billion Ultium Cells LLC facility is under construction. The battery-cell plant is supported by General Motors. A U.S. International Trade Commission ruling regarding a competitor in Georgia could bode well for the local project.
A federal regulatory decision that could threaten the future of an electric vehicle battery factory in Georgia may result in a positive development for the General Motors-supported battery-cell plant under construction in Lordstown.
What the U.S. International Trade Commission ruling essentially does, according to a local expert, is eliminate SK Innovation, a South Korean company, as competition of electric vehicle battery and chemicals maker LG Chem, which has a 50 percent stake in the $2.3 billion Ultium Cells LLC facility.
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Things really started to take shape last fall along Tod Avenue SW in Lordstown, where the $2.3 billion Ultium Cells LLC facility is under construction. The battery-cell plant is supported by General Motors. A U.S. International Trade Commission ruling regarding a competitor in Georgia could bode well for the local project.
A federal regulatory decision that could threaten the future of an electric vehicle battery factory in Georgia may result in a positive development for the General Motors-supported battery-cell plant under construction in Lordstown.
What the U.S. International Trade Commission ruling essentially does, according to a local expert, is eliminate SK Innovation, a South Korean company, as competition of electric vehicle battery and chemicals maker LG Chem, which has a 50 percent stake in the $2.3 billion Ultium Cells LLC facility.
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LORDSTOWN Village council gave the needed approval Tuesday for acquiring nonexclusive easements from Ultium Cells LLC to construct lines for transporting water and sewer from the company.
Council President Ron Radtka said this will allow the village to get the needed easements for sanitary sewer and waterline extensions to provide service for the company.
Ultium Cells LLC, a General Motors-supported electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant, is under construction near the automaker’s former Lordstown assembly plant off Tod Avenue NW and is in line to start production in early 2022.
The plant is a joint venture with South Korea’s LG Chem, a global leader in battery cells. Together, the companies are sharing equally the $2.3 billion investment that will mass produce battery cells for several GM models, including the GMC Hummer, Cadillac Lyriq and Cruise Origin GM’s electric driverless vehicle.