GM Restarts Ohio Battery Line as EV Demand Rebounds but Strategy Shifts

GM Restarts Ohio Battery Line as EV Demand Rebounds but Strategy Shifts

General Motors and its partner LG Energy Solution are bringing battery production back to life in northeast Ohio. After seven months of silence, the Ultium Cells joint-venture plant in Warren will resume making cells next week. The move returns roughly 1,400 workers to the factory floor. Yet the restart tells only part of a larger story about hesitation in the American electric-vehicle supply chain. The facility idled in January. Consumer intere…

GM and LG restart Ohio battery production after seven idle months

Ultium Cells, the GM and LG Energy Solution joint venture, restarts EV battery cell production in Warren, Ohio next week after a seven-month shutdown, with about 1,400 workers. US EV sales rose 14.2% in the second quarter but remain 20.5% below a year earlier. The battery plant that GM and LG idled in January is […] This story continues at The Next Web

Production to restart at Ohio battery cell plant owned by GM and LG Energy Solution

A factory jointly owned by General Motors ​and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution in ‌northeast Ohio is scheduled to restart production of battery cells next week ​after a seven-month shutdown.

GM And LG Restart EV Battery Production In Ohio After Seven-Month Shutdown

The Ultium Cells factory in Warren, Ohio, was idled at the beginning of 2026 due to a drop in EV demand.

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