LG Energy Solution Electric

Battery chemistry will play a critical role in advancing electric trucking beyond regional and drayage hauling.

This week in Borderlands: LG Energy Solution is building a $5.5 billion EV battery plant in Arizona; a France-based auto parts maker opens a $147 million plant in Mexico; Nuevo Leon opens a $100 million “peripheral” highway; and an Arizona port of entry opens cold storage rooms.

Nikola is helping to bring electric infrastructure companies to the Arizona desert where it has begun production of electric trucks.

Nikola secures a long-term battery supply for its electric trucks with Proterra, which earlier locked up critical cells with LG Energy Solution Electric.