Ultium Cells is hiring, announces 1,100 vacant places

6 November 2020, 04:15:33

Ultium Cells LLC is a joint venture with LG Chem that will mass-produce Ultium battery cells for electric vehicles and create more than 1,100 new jobs in Northeast Ohio. Starting today, job seekers can apply for positions on the Ultium Cells LLC website. The plant will begin actively hiring for key positions to execute the setup and launch of battery cell manufacturing. Additional job openings will be posted to the website as they become available.

GM is investing billions of dollars in its United States facilities to support electric vehicle manufacturing, including its share of the $2.3 billion investment in the Ultium Cells LLC facility. The plant, which will be about the size of 30 football fields, will have an annual capacity of more than 30GWh and room for expansion.

GM's joint venture with LG Chem to develop and mass-produce battery cells is expected to drive cell costs below $100 per kilowatt-hour at full volume, and the new Ultium batteries are expected to have some of the highest nickel and lowest cobalt content in a large format pouch cell.

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