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LORDSTOWN — General Motors didn’t wait long into 2020 to announce exactly where in Lordstown it and LG Chem would build a next-generation plant to mass produce battery cells for the automaker’s electric vehicle lineup.

As the year ends, IndustryWeek visits three greenfield sites destined to bolster the U.S. manufacturing footprint.

The foundation of Tom Gallagher’s affection for automobiles was laid by his father, a lover and collector of cars who exposed his son to cars & car culture starting in his earliest years.

Kee Eun’s relationship with General Motors goes all the way back to the mid 2000s, when the South Korean says he was dispatched to Detroit by his employer, LG Chem, to work closely with the Big 3 automakers as the sun was coming up on the electrification of automobiles.

Ohio plant will manufacture battery cells for the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Cruise Origin shared self-driving vehicle and more