Battery Gigafactories

An up-to-date list of all lithium battery gigafactories in the U.S. and the major ones worldwide. A large gigafactory can consume 2.4 GWh of electricity and 1 million gallons of water daily.

Battery factories assemble the individual battery cells into a functioning battery pack with a battery management system (BMS) and thermal management system (TMS) and enclosure. Some battery pack factories also produce cells onsite, often in a joint partnership with a cell manufacturer (like Panasonic for example).

Here are the top 10 largest battery gigafactories in the world:

1. 126 GWh: CATL Liyang Plant - Jiangsu, China
2. 120 GWh: CATL Ningde Plant - Fujian, China
3. 100 GWh: CATL Yibin Plant - Sichuan, China
4. 100 GWh: Tesla Sparks Gigafactory - Nevada, USA
5. 86 GWh: BlueOval Glendale - Kentucky, USA
6. 60 GWh: BYD Chongqing Plant - Chongqing, China
7. 50 GWh: Ultium Cells Spring Hill - Tennessee, USA
8. 43 GWh: BlueOval City Stanton - Tennessee, USA
9. 41 GWh: Ultium Cells Lansing - Michigan, USA
10. 41 GWh: Ultium Cells Warren - Ohio, USA

Battery factories in the U.S.

The reshoring and building of a domestic lithium battery supply chain is in full swing in the U.S., with a bevy of new EV battery manufacturing plants and factories coming online by 2026.

The states with the most EV battery factories are Michigan, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia, which are known as the "Battery Belt".

Battery factories worldwide

Here are some of the major EV battery factories worldwide, excluding China, which has the lion's share of battery factories.