Coulomb to build US battery assembly facility
North American distributor of commercial vehicle batteries for CATL, Coulomb Solutions, has announced plans to set up a US manufacturing facility to assemble commercial vehicle battery packs with CATL’s LFP cells.
The planned facility will launch with an initial capacity to produce up to 4.2 GWh per year and is planned to expand capacities at a later point in time, “as the US commercial EV industry grows and customer demand increases”. Coulomb Solutions has narrowed down its choice of the potential location for the facility to three states Arizona, Nevada, and Texas.
By early summer, Coulomb Solutions expects to finalize its site selection process. Coulomb writes that the facility is expected to create “over 300 highly skilled jobs including production, assembly, quality, engineering, supply chain, and various support and management functions”. The battery packs themselves are designed to be flexibly usable for a variety of commercial applications, and can be combined into validated battery systems ranging from 30kWh to over 3.5MWh.
“CSI’s new EV battery pack assembly facility will give US commercial vehicle manufacturers a ‘Made in America’ battery system using the world’s most proven cutting edge LFP cells,” said David Mazaika, CEO of Coulomb Solutions Inc. “The new US production will cut our lead time in half, which supports CSI’s goal to enable the rapid adoption of electric drive systems in commercial vehicles.”
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