{"id":48191,"date":"2023-04-25T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48191"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:03:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:03:25","slug":"1139472_3b-gm-samsung-battery-plant-might-enable-electric-corvette-camaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48191","title":{"rendered":"$3B GM-Samsung battery plant might enable electric Corvette, Camaro"},"content":{"rendered":"

GM and Samsung SDI announced Tuesday that they will form a joint venture for battery production.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a release, the companies made clear that this joint venture, starting with more than $3 billion, won\u2019t initially be making batteries directly replacing or augmenting the brand\u2019s Ultium cell strategy that it developed with LG.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The new plant, according to the companies\u2019 announcement, will make \u201chigh-performing, nickel-rich prismatic and cylindrical batteries that will be exclusively supplied for GM\u2019s upcoming electric vehicles.\u201d That\u2019s markedly different than the very large-format pouch cells championed, for economies of scale, by the three Ultium Cells LLC plants GM already has in the works, with the help of a $2.5 billion federal loan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"GM<\/p>\n

GM Ultium battery – cell stacking<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cylindrical cells, for instance, could be much easier to integrate within lower-profile vehicles, versus those large-format pouch cells\u2014making them prime candidates for low-slung electric performance cars or sporty, aerodynamically effective sedans. GM has confirmed a future electric Corvette<\/a>, and such an arrangement might be feasibly extended to an electric Camaro replacement<\/a>\u2014one that might pass muster with strict North American materials-sourcing requirements.<\/p>\n

The new factory, once ramped up, will have a capacity of more than 30 gigawatt-hours. Mass production there will start in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The diversification in format isn\u2019t a surprise. GM in January underscored that the Ultium platform itself is chemistry-agnostic and that pouch, prismatic, or cylindrical cells can be compatible<\/a>. GM is already using prismatic cells in several Ultium-based vehicles for China\u2014including the Chinese-market Cadillac Lyriq.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Chevrolet<\/p>\n

Chevrolet FNR-XE Concept – GM China<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

GM also this morning confirmed that, as its Orion Assembly in Michigan transitions to electric trucks<\/a>, the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV will be discontinued<\/a> at the end of 2023. GM and Honda are working together on a shared replacement architecture for affordable EVs<\/a> that will underpin the Bolt\u2019s replacement and use \u201cnext-generation Ultium battery technology,\u201d according to GM, but that appears to be unrelated to this announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2022<\/p>\n

2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

According to reports, the new joint-venture facility will replace a fourth from Ultium Cells, the GM joint venture with LG. AP specifically reports that the flawed Chevrolet Bolt batteries behind its fire-related recall had a role in that<\/a> decision\u2014even though LG reimbursed GM<\/a> about $1.9 billion for the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GM and Samsung SDI announced Tuesday that they will form a joint venture for battery production.\u00a0 In a release, the companies made clear that this joint venture, starting with more than $3 billion, won\u2019t initially be making batteries directly replacing or augmenting the brand\u2019s Ultium cell strategy that it developed with LG.\u00a0 The new plant, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}