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Inside The $2 Billion Battery Factory Making Cells For Tesla And Toyota
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Fusion42 · 22 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
LG Energy Solution's $2 billion Michigan gigafactory produces lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) and nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery cells, supporting Tesla, Toyota, and grid-scale energy storage amid shifting US EV market and regulatory conditions.
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LG's pivot to domestic LFP battery production for Tesla and utilities signals a new supply path you can tap for scalable energy storage. Automakers losing US EV subsidies have left cell making uncertain, but ESS demand from data centres is a clear opening for battery suppliers.
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