Michigan Battery Startup ONE Begins Making Its Own Cells
Source: Our Next Energy Inc.
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Our Next Energy Inc., the battery startup led by Apple Inc. veteran Mujeeb Ijaz, has started making prototype cells at its Michigan battery plant — an early milestone in its goal to become a homegrown US battery manufacturer.
The company so far employs about 70 people — 50 engineers and 20 production workers — making lithium-iron phosphate cells for both grid storage and automotive customers at its $1.6 billion plant in Van Buren, Michigan. ONE, as the startup is known, aims to have sample cells for prospective automotive customers by the first quarter of next year, Ijaz said in an interview.