ICE Raid in battery plant

[hbuck]

I have a question about the South Korean battery plant that was raised by ICE over the weekend. Is that the battery plant that Slate will get its battery components from?

 

[AZFox]

It's a Hyundai-LG plant.

Slate's cells will be provided by SK-On, a different company.

 

[hbuck]

It's a Hyundai-LG plant.

Slate's cells will be provided by SK-On, a different company.

Ok thanks.

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

Of course it was HYUNDAI-LG

 

[danielt1263]

That said, SK On has halted construction because of the raid on the Hyundai plant so...

 

[sodamo]

That said, SK On has halted construction because of the raid on the Hyundai plant so...

Source?

 

[hbuck]

I just googled and so is building a plant with ford. No shut down because of ICE. So I guess it’s still building the plant. But ford is moving the ev and f-140 build to Canada. Now that might have an impact, or SK might be building a separate plant. I guess we have to wait and see.

 

[danielt1263]

Source?

I got nothing. I thought I read somewhere on a Korean news site that SK On suspended operations, but now I can't find it.

Sorry for the fake news...

 

[BobSentMe]

I got nothing. I thought I read somewhere on a Korean news site that SK On suspended operations, but now I can't find it.

Sorry for the fake news...

It's not fake news. They've paused construction on it:
https://www.electrive.com/2025/09/09/lges-halts-us-factory-construction-after-raid/

Imagine if Ford was setting up a plant in China, and China suddenly raided the plant and sent all the Americans home on a plane. Do you think Ford would try to complete the project, or just sell it off and call it a loss?

 

[sodamo]

It's not fake news. They've paused construction on it:
https://www.electrive.com/2025/09/09/lges-halts-us-factory-construction-after-raid/

Imagine if Ford was setting up a plant in China, and China suddenly raided the plant and sent all the Americans home on a plane. Do you think Ford would try to complete the project, or just sell it off and call it a loss?

true, but this is the Hyundai LG factory, not SK ON Slate facility which is what his post suggested. Details matter.

 

[AKrietzer]

It's not fake news. They've paused construction on it:
https://www.electrive.com/2025/09/09/lges-halts-us-factory-construction-after-raid/

Imagine if Ford was setting up a plant in China, and China suddenly raided the plant and sent all the Americans home on a plane. Do you think Ford would try to complete the project, or just sell it off and call it a loss?

SK On is the company that will supply batteries for Slate. This is a different company.

 

[BobSentMe]

SK On is the company that will supply batteries for Slate. This is a different company.

D'oh, I thought we were still talking about the Hyundai-LG factory. My bad.

 

[E90400K]

It's not fake news. They've paused construction on it:
https://www.electrive.com/2025/09/09/lges-halts-us-factory-construction-after-raid/

Imagine if Ford was setting up a plant in China, and China suddenly raided the plant and sent all the Americans home on a plane. Do you think Ford would try to complete the project, or just sell it off and call it a loss?

Well, if they were building an F-140...