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This aerial photo taken Thursday of the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown shows the massive scope of the facility that will mass produce battery cells for General Motorsâ electric vehicles. The company wants to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year and plans to ramp up to 1,100 through 2022, the expected production start date. To the east is the natural gas-fired power plant Lordstown Energy Center. (Photo by Nathan Hayes, Barton Malow)
LORDSTOWN — Ultium Cells LLC — an electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant jointly backed by General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem — plans to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year.