WATCH: NextStar Energy EV-Battery Plant Overview and Construction Update

January 17, 2024

January 17, 2024

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With production slated to begin in February, here’s an update and video tour of construction of the new Stellantis-LG NextStar EV-battery plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At full capacity, the facility will employ some 2500 full-time workers, manufacturing 450,000 batteries/yr. to supply North American assembly plants.

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