Cell Design and Materials: Li-Ion

NCMA Notable Events January

Aptera Motors have signed a deal with LG Energy Solution with a volume of 4.4 GWh for supply Aptera solar electric car between 2025 and 2031

July

Ultium Cells LCC will upgrade its facility in Spring Hills, Tennessee, U.S., which is currently producing NCMA pouch cells for EVs, to the low cost LFP battery cells

February

LG Energy Solution is teamed up with Toyota to use the former Ultium Lansing battery plant in Michigan, U.S. to build high-Ni NCMA battery modules

August

Posco Future M ships the 1st NCMA CAM produced entirely with domestically sourced precursors to Ultium Cells

March

All-electric Cadillac Escalade IQL arrives mid-2025 with 460 mile 724+ km) range equipped with 205 kWh NCMA battery

September

General Motors Co. adapts its Hummer EV Tech NCMA battery to power the Lunar Rover for NASAʼs Artemis program; the batteries are meant to last for a decade and a distance of 30,000 km of service life

April

LG Chem highlights presentation during the Interbattery 2025 the next-gen LAP LG Advanced Phosphate) by blending NCMA & LMFP CAM

October

LS L&F has announced the completion of the construction ₩1T factory in Saemangeum, South Korea, which will produce a 20 kt of NCMA pCAM in 2026 and 120 kt by 2029

May

First commercial pickup Isuzu DMax Electric with 66.9 kWh NCMA battery was revealed with UK deliveries & expected in March 2026

November

Porsche Cayenne Electric had officially launched, which characterized with 325 km range and powered by 113 kWh NCMA battery with silicon-graphite anodes sourced for LG Chem

June

Mercedes AMG model GT XX concept based on 1 MWh NCMA battery cell with fast charge 400 km within 5 minutes) was presented

December

LG Chem plans to supply Tesla in 2026 with ultra-high Ni 90% NCMA battery of 600 km range with reduced Co content (less than 5%

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