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LG Chem to Build $300-Million Advanced EV Battery Plant in Michigan

A new report is indicating that LG Chem is moving forward with plans to be build a $300 million advanced battery plant in southwest Michigan in the near future. The plant will be used to build lithium ion cells for automotive applications. Although LG Chem has yet to publicly announce anything, the plant is expected to supply cells for use in the Chevrolet Volt as well as the other upcoming plug-in hybrid from GM. This summer, GM announced and then canceled plans to build a new PHEV crossover for Buick based on the outgoing Saturn Vue. ... Read more →

Chevy Volt battery plant location to be announced this week Sam Abuelsamid

Back in January at the Detroit Auto Show, then-CEO Rick Wagoner announced that General Motors would be building the battery packs for the Chevy Volt at a new plant to be located somewhere in ...

LG Chem starts construction of new battery plant in South Korea Sam Abuelsamid

South Korean battery maker LG Chem is getting prepared to supply lithium ion cells General Motors for production of the Chevrolet Volt by building a new cell manufacturing facility. The company broke ...

BREAKING: Detroit 2009 - GM building Volt battery packs with LG Chem cells Sam Abuelsamid

After showing off its latest cars and concepts yesterday at the Detroit Auto Show, General Motors reserved its second press conference today for battery news. As has been rumored for months, South ...

LG Chem/CPI reportedly chosen to power the first production Volt Sam Abuelsamid

According to a Reuters report, General Motors has chosen Troy, MI-based Compact Power Inc. as the supplier of battery packs for the initial production run of Chevrolet Volts. Compact Power is a ...

Lutz says a Volt battery supplier selected, won't say who 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At a preview of GM's 2009 model year lineup yesterday in Jolliet IL, Bob Lutz revealed that the production supplier for the Chevy Volt battery has been selected. Unfortunately, the GM Vice Chairman would not say which of the development suppliers had been selected. Two partnerships have been ...

Compact Power Inc. gets PHEV development contract from USABC 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Compact Power Inc is on something of a roll lately. They and parent LG Chem of South Korea have reportedly won contracts supply lithium ion batteries to Hyundai/Kia for upcoming hybrid models and are rumored to be the front runner to the supply contract for the production Chevrolet Volt. CPI's ...

As the rumor mill turns: GM says no battery supplier decision made, Compact Power declares themselves ready 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

More fodder for the rumor mill has arrived in the form of conflicting statements. When last we visited the set of the soap opera we call "the contest to be the battery supplier for the Volt", GM's new 40 mile PHEV (or EREV), a British media source, the Guardian, had written that LG Chem's battery ...

Volt battery supplier Compact Power profiled 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Compact Power Inc. is one of the two companies that last week was awarded development contracts to produce batteries for the prototype Chevy Volts. CPI is a relatively new company in the US but they have roots in South Korean conglomerate LG. Right now they only have twenty-five people at their ...


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