A joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution that currently employs around 1,300 people, Ultium Cells LLC is gearing up to produce lithium iron-phosphate (LFP) cells. Batteries containing these components should start rolling off the line this year,

Ultium Cells will begin producing lithium iron phosphate battery cells at its Spring Hill, Tenn., plant, instead of the nickel-based cells it makes there now.

Ultium Cells, a joint venture (JV) between General Motors (GM) and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, is set to commence the production of low-cost lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells at its Spring Hill facility in Tennessee,