GM EV Battery Production Restarts at Ohio Plant
By Reuters | 12 Aug, 2026

The joint GM-LG Energy Solution plant in northeast Ohio is scheduled to restart the Ultium Cells joint-venture plant next week.

A factory jointly owned by General Motors and LG Energy Solution in northeast Ohio is scheduled to restart production of battery cells next week after a seven-month shutdown.

On Monday, a majority of laid-off workers will resume making batteries at the Ultium Cells joint-venture plant, Tom Gallagher, vice president of operations for Ultium, said in an interview.

In total, 1,400 will be working at the facility.

The company ceased battery-cell production there in January because of a drop in consumer demand for electric vehicles.

• The other GM and LG JV plant, in Tennessee, now makes energy storage system batteries instead of EV batteries.

• Earlier this week, battery manufacturer Samsung SDI purchased GM's stake in the joint venture the companies had formed to make EV battery cells at an under-construction Indiana plant.

(Reporting by Kalea Hall; Editing by Aurora Ellis)