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      Home » What Caused this Battery Giant to Reconsider its Investment in Arizona?

      What Caused this Battery Giant to Reconsider its Investment in Arizona?

      Aishwarya SaxenaBy Aishwarya SaxenaJune 29, 2022 EV Battery 2 Mins Read
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      South Korean based chemical giant LG Energy Solution (LGES) has planned to reconsider its investment of KRW1.7bn (US$1.3bn) in an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Arizona.

      LGES Investment PlansThis reconsideration is reported to be caused due to current deteriorating business conditions observed in local reports.

      A LGES spokesperson reportedly said: “We are thoroughly reassessing the timing, scale and details of the investment, due to a sharp increase in investment costs stemming from the deteriorating business environment.”

      The company subsequently said: “Given the unprecedented economic condition and investment in the US, LGES is currently reviewing various investment options, but no decision has been made.”

      Just three months ago, the world’s second-largest EV battery manufacturer LGES announced investment plans to build its second wholly-owned battery plant in the US, a facility with the capacity to produce 11 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of cylindrical batteries per year.

      The company said rising costs due to high global inflation and the weakening won against the US dollar were the main reasons for it to reconsider its plans. Since the plant announcement in March, the estimated cost of the project has risen to over KRW2trn.

      LGES investment plans in US is due to in anticipation of a rapid rise in demand for EVs in the region.

      LGES already operates an EV battery plant in Michigan and, last March, it also announced a new battery manufacturing joint venture in Canada with Stellantis.

      This was in addition to three planned joint venture plants with General Motors.

      It had planned to have a production capacity of 200-gigawatt hours in North America by 2025, enough to power 2.5 million high-performance EVs, but this was being reassessed.

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