Hyundai and LG To Invest Over $4.3B To Start EV Battery Production in the US
26 May 2023, 22:40 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / This new facility will help Hyundai achieve its plans of introducing 17 BEVs by 2030, as well as support EV demands in the US market
GM and LG Energy Solution Give Up on Fourth Joint Battery Plant in the U.S.
21 Jan 2023, 08:50 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The companies apparently did not share many common views and had been clashing since the massive Chevrolet Bolt EV recall.
Lucid Will Be Getting Its Cells From Panasonic From Now On
14 Dec 2022, 10:26 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It is not clear what will happen with Lucid’s current battery supplier, but it seems the EV maker has ditched LG Energy Solution for good
LG Chem to Invest More Than $3 Billion in U.S. Battery Cathode Plant
23 Nov 2022, 14:52 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / LG Chem announced plans to invest over $3 billion in a cathode production facility in Tennessee to support its battery production for Tesla, GM, and, later, Hyu
Volkswagen Recalls 10,000 ID.3 and ID.4 Units Due to Cell Defects
27 Sep 2022, 18:21 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to nextmove, the manufacturing defect makes the affected cells present increased self-discharge, which reduces the range
Honda Forms Joint Venture with LG Energy Solution to Make EV Batteries in the U.S.
29 Aug 2022, 08:50 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Honda and LG Energy Solution will produce lithium-ion batteries in the United States to power both Honda and Acura models for the North American market
LGES Exploding Li-Ion Cells Are Also Used in Home Batteries, You Might Be in Danger
24 May 2022, 11:03 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Batteries made by LG Energy Solution have been the cause of car fires, but it appears that the faulty batteries are also used in home energy storage systems
GM Will Keep Supplying Battery Packs to the Spark EV – Just Don't Ask About Their Prices
29 Apr 2022, 09:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / What looks like good news is actually another thing for us to think about regarding EV adoption and what the current model holds some years in the future
NHTSA Shows It Has an Eye on LG Energy Solution After Multiple Fire-Risk Recalls
6 Apr 2022, 22:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Korean cells are at the core of at least four extensive battery pack recalls. They involve Hyundai, GM, Stellantis, and Mercedes-Benz
Stellantis Keeps Improving Battery Production Capacity With LGES and ACC
23 Mar 2022, 20:10 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The carmaker plans to have a 45-GWh/year cell plant in Canada with LGES and a 40-GWh-year factory in Italy with ACC to achieve 120 GWh in Europe by 2030
GM Will Restart the Bolt EV Production on April 4, Killing Rumors That It Would Die
15 Feb 2022, 23:54 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / It eventually will, but only when the American automaker scheduled that to happen: by 2023, while the Bolt EUV will die in 2024.
Renault ZOE Battery Pack Recall Affects 733 Units Due to Fire Risk
11 Feb 2022, 20:02 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / A second warning to European authorities about the issue gave us some more clues about what happened to these battery packs.
Renault ZOE Faces Battery Recall for Fire Risk
5 Feb 2022, 21:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Renault reported the issue to European authorities on February 3, 2022, affecting ZOE units produced with the BT4 XLR battery pack
Of GM's $7 Billion Investment in Michigan, $824 Million Will Come From Taxpayers
26 Jan 2022, 08:28 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The automaker and LG Energy Solution will also get a direct taxpayer grant of $666.1 million from the SOAR (Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve) fund
VW ID. BUZZ Is Heading to Barcelona for Its First Media Test Drive
21 Jan 2022, 12:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / We were not invited (yet), so we ask our Spanish readers to keep an eye on the roads for these prototypes. Please take pictures and share them with us!
Hyundai Home Is Announced Before the Ioniq 5 Reaches American Dealerships
16 Nov 2021, 19:25 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The Korean automaker wants to offer “an integrated clean energy ecosystem” like Tesla, but with a difference: “trusted industry-leading support”
Stellantis Makes Another Joint Venture for More Li-Ion Cells: Now With Samsung SDI
22 Oct 2021, 08:53 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / When we wondered about Stellantis’ deal with LGES, we had no idea the plan was to establish as many joint ventures as possible
Ford Mustang Mach-E Enters Production in China With BYD Batteries
19 Oct 2021, 11:05 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / In Ford’s Cuautitlán plant in Mexico, the electric SUV is currently produced with LGES cells. The direct-to-customers EV stores are a mystery
After GM, Stellantis Also Joins Forces With LGES to Manufacture Batteries
18 Oct 2021, 07:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Stellantis and LGES will make a joint venture to produce cells for electric cars in the U.S. for delivering up to 40 GWh in batteries by 2024
Chevy Bolt EV Recall Will Cost LG $1.9 Billion, 95% of the Total Cost
12 Oct 2021, 12:55 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Reuters, the cost division has included LG Chem, which owns LGES, and LG Electronics, which assembles the battery packs