INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES AND SELECTED SOURCES
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StarPlus Energy Gigafactory
Samsung SDI; Stellantis
Kokomo, IN, USA
-86.1175, 40.51527778
The Big Green Machine Site ID: 81A
Additional Information:
Sector: Batteries
Activity: Manufacturing
Product: Battery Cell
Project Announcement Date: 5/24/2022
Target for Starting Production: 2024
Date Commercial Production Started: 12/1/2024
Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No
Target Annual Production: 33 GWh
Operating Status: Operating
Target Jobs: 1400
Current Jobs: 732
Capital Investment: $3769 million
Congressional District: IN5
Government Subsidies:
Federal:
Advanced Technology Manufacturing Loan: $3770 million
Selected Sources:
“Stellantis and Samsung SDI to Invest Over $2.5 Billion in Joint Venture for Lithium-ion Battery Production Plant in United States”, Shawn Morgan, https://media.stellantisnorthamerica.com, 23 May 2022. 🔗
“Stellantis And Samsung SDI's Battery Factory Construction Now Underway”, InsideEVs, 24 Mar 2023. 🔗
“Stellantis, Samsung SDI Announce Kokomo, Indiana as Site for Second U.S. StarPlus Energy Gigafactory”, Stellantis, 10 Oct 2023. 🔗
“Stellantis and Samsung SDI will start battery production in the US in December 2024”, Francesco Armenio, ClubAlfa Global, 29 Oct 2024. 🔗
“LPO Announces Conditional Commitment to StarPlus Energy to Construct Lithium-Ion Battery Factories in Indiana”, Energy.gov, 01 Dec 2024. 🔗
“StarPlus Workers Win Union at Stellantis Battery Plant”, Robert S. Miller, MoparInsiders, 28 May 2025. 🔗
“StarPlus Energy's Kokomo Gigafactory Begins Lithium-Ion Battery Production”, roboticsbusinessnews.com, 23 Mar 2025. 🔗
“StarPlus Workers in Indiana Win Union as Majority Sign Cards to Join the UAW”, UAW, 27 May 2025. 🔗
“StarPlus Energy's Kokomo Gigafactory Begins Lithium-Ion Battery Production”, roboticsbusinessnews.com, 23 Mar 2025. 🔗
“Automaker announces 59 job cuts at Kokomo EV battery plant”, Kara Kenney, WRTV Indianapolis, 06 Aug 2025. 🔗
“StarPlus Energy Battery Manufacturing Plant”, PEA Group - Site Design, Land Development & Landscape Design, No Date. 🔗
“StarPlus Energy”, starplusenergyus.com, No Date. 🔗
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