Lithion Recycling and General Motors announced that GM Ventures, the automaker\u2019s investment arm, has made a strategic investment in Lithion\u2019s Series A financing round, supporting a new GM-Lithion strategic partnership agreement to pursue a circular battery ecosystem using Lithion\u2019s advanced battery recycling technology.<\/p>\n
This collaboration between GM and Lithion will focus on:<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking with GM marks a key step in Lithion\u2019s commercial development and pioneers a needed breakthrough in the electrification of transportation by enabling a cost-effective and sustainable circularity in the EV battery industry,\u201d said Benoit Couture, president and CEO of Lithion. \u201cThis partnership underscores our commitment to enable the transition to a low-carbon economy amidst the fight against climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGM is aggressively scaling battery cell and EV production in North America to reach our target of more than 1 million units of annual capacity by 2025, and we plan to eliminate tailpipe emissions from all our new light-duty vehicles by 2035 \u2013 so we are building a supply chain and recycling strategy that can grow with us,\u201d said Jeff Morrison, GM vice-president, global purchasing and supply chain. \u201cIn Lithion\u2019s technology, we see the opportunity to recover and reuse raw material in our Ultium battery packs, making the EVs we produce even more sustainable and helping drive down costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
In August, Ultium Cells, GM\u2019s joint venture with LG Energy Solution, opened its first U.S. cell plant, with two additional plants under construction. A fourth planned cell plant will bring GM\u2019s projected total U.S. battery capacity to 160 GWh. GM now has binding agreements securing all its battery raw material to reach annual planned capacity in 2025, including lithium, nickel, cobalt and full CAM supply. As the company moves forward, it will work to increasingly localize its battery materials supply chain to North America.<\/p>\n
In 2023, Lithion will launch its first commercial recycling operations, drawing on data from its highly successful industrial-scale demonstration plant commissioned in January 2020. The opening of this facility, with a capacity of 7,500 metric tons per year of lithium-ion batteries, will be followed in 2025 by the launch of Lithion\u2019s first hydrometallurgical plant.<\/p>\n
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