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New York Starts First Large Scale Lithium-Ion Battery Production

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If you’ve ever driven an electric car or used just about any piece of technology, chances are it’s powered by a lithium-ion battery. But up until now, just about all of them were produced overseas.

Inside the walls of Imperium3, you’ll find history being written on a daily basis. Shailesh Upreti is the man leading the charge.

He’s founder and chairman of the first full-scale lithium-ion battery giga-factory in North America. Production has officially begun since he last spoke with Spectrum News 1.

What you need to know:

  • The giga-factory is employing more than 100 people, both locally and globally.
  • Imperium3 New York produces hundreds of batteries a day, meeting worldwide demand.
  • The battery cells will go to a third party for quality control before they are purchased and used around the world.

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