GM joint venture gets $2.5 billion government
loan to help build EV battery cell plants
Posted By: NorthernDog, 7/25/2022 6:12:46 PM
General Motors' joint venture with LG Energy Solution is on track to receive a multibillion-dollar loan from the U.S. government to build battery cell plants for electric vehicles, including one going up in Lansing. On Monday the Department of Energy announced "a conditional commitment" for $2.5 billion to GM and LG's 50-50 joint venture called Ultium Cells LLC. "While this conditional commitment demonstrates the Department’s intent to finance the project, several steps remain, and certain conditions must be satisfied before the Department issues a final loan," the DOE said in a blog posted Monday. The DOE declined to comment on
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Fauci joining others in the COVID “expert” crew trying to rewrite history. pic.twitter.com/litXRelNb3
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