On August 18, LG Energy Solution announced the official start of production at its new battery manufacturing facility in Lansing, Michigan, United States. This marks the company's seventh battery production base in North America. With a total project investment exceeding USD 2 billion, the plant will simultaneously produce energy storage system (ESS) batteries and electric vehicle (EV) power batteries, further expanding LGES's localized battery supply capacity in North America.
Spanning 226 acres, the plant is expected to achieve an annual battery production capacity of over 35 GWh at full ramp-up, and will employ approximately 1,700 workers, with around 900 employees currently on site.
The facility's product portfolio is divided into two main tracks.
Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells, supplied to grid-scale and commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage applications. These cells will be delivered to Vertech, LGES's U.S.-based energy storage system integration arm, for assembly into complete ESS solutions. Detroit-based energy utility DTE Energy is a downstream customer for the plant's ESS batteries.
High-energy-density nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) batteries, dedicated exclusively to Toyota Motor Corporation. These batteries are destined for the all-electric 2027 Toyota Highlander model, supporting Toyota's EV supply chain development within the United States.
Edited by Cassie Li, lixiangying@mysteel.com
