Interesting reading from another thread. KORE could be a...

Interesting reading from another thread. KORE could be a potential SYA customer....interesting to see what ZEV is planning to do, apparently, commercial SUV's / pickups require twice as much lithium in their battery power-packs than cars.


Arizona battery, EV companies Electrek reported on July 30 that battery cell technology developer KORE Power will build the first lithium-ion battery factory wholly owned by a US company, in Buckeye, Arizona.It will create a vital new US battery supply for electric vehicles and battery storage. The 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility will be called the KOREPlex (rendering above). It will support up to 12 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery cell production. Now KORE has announced that it has signed a joint development agreement with Zero Electric Vehicles Inc., which is also finalizing a plan for a production facility and new headquarters, in Gilbert, Arizona. Simply put, ZEV converts fleet vehicles to electric. It manufactures electric powertrains for fleet customers with a commercially available, low-cost, fast-turnaround configuration for light- to medium-duty fleet vehicles. The KORE and ZEV teams will jointly tackle three key EV challenges: thermal management, safety, and module and pack configurability toward higher energy and power densities. KORE will provide ZEV with battery cells and supplies for their electrification solution through to 2030.The joint teams will work out of KOREPlex, which is expected to be ready at the beginning of 2023; ZEV’s new headquarters and production facility; and at the Battery Cell Research laboratory at Arizona State University, in Mesa.