Leading battery makers are scaling back their North American investments and laying off workers as the US electric vehicle industry wrestles with sluggish demand.
LG Energy Solution, one of the world’s top three EV battery producers that has joint ventures with General Motors, Honda and Hyundai in the US, announced this month it was laying off 170 workers at its plant in Michigan.
Fellow South Korean battery maker SK On, which signed an $11bn deal with Ford in 2021 to help electrify the US carmaker’s fleet, said it was also putting workers on furlough as it reduces output at its plant in Georgia.
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