{"id":17080,"date":"2023-05-15T16:53:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T23:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/coulomb-solutions-plans-to-build-us-battery-pack-factory\/"},"modified":"2023-05-15T16:53:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T23:53:11","slug":"coulomb-solutions-plans-to-build-us-battery-pack-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/coulomb-solutions-plans-to-build-us-battery-pack-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Coulomb Solutions plans to build US battery pack factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Auto <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>component manufacturer <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Coulomb <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>Solutions <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/coulomb-solutions-inc-csi-to-establish-us-battery-pack-manufacturing-plant-301811118.html\" target=\"_blank\">plans to establish<\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> a battery pack manufacturing factory in the U.S., <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>the company announced last week.<\/span><\/span><strong><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The new factory will produce battery packs for commercial <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>vehicles <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>and will have <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>capacity to produce 4.2 gigawatts hours<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> a year, with the ability to expand as demand <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>rises.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span>While Coulomb Solutions hasn\u2019t chosen a location, the company said it has<\/span><\/span><strong><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>narrowed its search to Arizona, Nevada and Texas and will finalize its selection by early summer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p>Coulomb Solutions will source its lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells from China-based energy company Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL).\u00a0<span><span><span><span><span>These cells offer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201cgreater durability and are much safer than nickel-cobalt-based chemistries,\u201d the company said in the announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coulomb Solutions is the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/coulombsolutions.com\/blog\/csi-is-proudly-awarded-as-the-catl-battery-commercial-vehicle-products-distributor-in-north-america-region\/\" target=\"_blank\">North American distributor<\/a>\u00a0for CATL\u2019s battery solutions for commercial vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>planned <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>battery <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>pack <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>factory <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>will <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>create 300 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>jobs, including in <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>production, assembly, quality, engineering <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> supply <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>chain<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new US production will cut our lead time in half, which supports CSI\u2019s goal to enable the rapid adoption of electric drive systems in commercial vehicles,\u201d Coulomb Solutions CEO David <span>Mazaika<\/span> said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>The company is ramping up its manufacturing capacity as demand rises for its battery solutions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In December, Coulomb Solutions signed a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/coulomb-solutions-inc-to-supply-phoenix-motorcars-unique-catl-battery-solutions-301690491.html\" target=\"_blank\">memorandum of understanding<\/a>\u00a0with Phoenix Motorcars to provide battery solutions for the EV maker\u2019s commercial models.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Coulomb Solutions introduced its <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/coulomb-solutions-inc-csi-introduces-20kw-on-board-charger-for-commercial-electric-vehicles-301809367.html\" target=\"_blank\">20kW on-board charger<\/a>, which will be used for commercial EVs in North America. The new charger was developed with single-phase input and the ability to add bi-directional charging.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Other battery producers are also investing more in LFP batteries. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>LG Energy Solution is building a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturingdive.com\/news\/lg-energy-solutions-5-5b-arizona\/646040\/\" target=\"_blank\">$2.3 billion LFP battery facility<\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Queen Creek, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>Arizona, while Ford is <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturingdive.com\/news\/ford-ev-battery-plant-michigan-lithium-phosphate\/642668\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>building a $3.5 billion factory<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span> for the battery type in Marshall, Michigan.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/coulomb-solutions-us-battery-pack-factory\/650248\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dive Brief: Auto component manufacturer Coulomb Solutions plans to establish a battery pack manufacturing factory in the U.S., the &#8230; <a title=\"Coulomb Solutions plans to build US battery pack factory\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/coulomb-solutions-plans-to-build-us-battery-pack-factory\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Coulomb Solutions plans to build US battery pack factory\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}