Lion Electrical Ramps up EV Battery Manufacturing – Gasoline Smarts

All-electric medium- and heavy-duty car producer Lion Electrical has accomplished manufacturing of its first lithium-ion battery pack on the firm’s battery manufacturing facility in Mirabel, Quebec.

Ultimate certification of the primary battery pack is predicted within the first quarter of 2023, adopted by a gradual ramp-up of manufacturing. The primary batteries produced in Mirabel will energy the Lion5 truck and the LionAmbulance, anticipated to succeed in business manufacturing within the first half of 2023.

Lion’s new Mirabel battery manufacturing facility, as soon as absolutely operational, is predicted to present the corporate a key market benefit, with vertical integration offering extra management of provide, expertise development, and car integration. Given the battery is often the most costly part of an electrical car, this new manufacturing functionality ought to have a direct affect on Lion’s improvement of medium- and heavy-duty electrical car platforms, whereas additionally providing necessary financial advantages.

At full scale, Lion’s battery manufacturing facility is predicted to have an annual manufacturing capability of 5 gigawatt-hours of battery capability.

“The manufacturing of our first battery pack out of our Mirabel battery facility is a crucial step for Lion and may, over time, carry with it a brand new stage of optimization for product design and manufacturing effectivity,” stated Yannick Poulin, Lion’s chief working officer, in a press release.

Lion additionally just lately celebrated the beginning of manufacturing at its U.S. car manufacturing facility in Joliet, Illinois.