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Romeo Power expands with new EV battery-pack manufacturing facility in Southern California

By Michelle Froese | February 24, 2017

Editor’s note: This site has been following development of electric cars because they would provide more demand for electric power, and ideally, wind-generated electric power.

Launched last year by renowned tech innovators, Michael Patterson and Porter Harris, Romeo Power is currently the only U.S. owned EV battery pack.

The demand for reliable, powerful electric vehicle (EV) battery packs continues to grow. To accommodate the growing demand, southern California’s Romeo Power has expanded their manufacturing capabilities just outside of Los Angeles to the city of Vernon, CA.

Romeo Power is the first U.S. company to manufacture battery packs for the EV markets in North America and Europe. The company’s battery packs are optimized to outperform other battery systems on the EV market today.

Its new facility is 113,000 square feet, where it manufactures battery packs ranging in size from 1 kWh to 1 MWh.

The expansion supports the EV market as major auto manufacturers are introducing over 50 new electric vehicle models by 2020. The expansion also creates jobs in Southern California because Romeo Power is hiring an additional 200 manufacturing personnel in 2017.

The new research & development team includes a world-class testing lab complete with extensive, vibe, shock, thermal cycling, high power cycling, safety testing and cell level characterization and testing.

“Our new factory is a full service facility, encompassing research and development, engineering, testing and manufacturing under one roof,” said Mark Schwager, Chief Production Officer of Romeo Power. “It will enable up to 8 GWh of energy storage production on a single shift and produce a high mix of customer solutions utilizing a common manufacturing recipe to unlock industry-leading production pricing.”

In all, Romeo Power expects to be at 1 GWh of capacity by the end of 2017 on a single shift. It also expects to quadruple its capacity in 2018, and then double again by the end of 2019.

“Romeo Power is committed to engineering and manufacturing the most advanced, safest, and cost0effective battery and energy systems in the world. Romeo Power supports technology that advances humanity and humanitarian efforts globally, bringing access to clean and sustainable energy to all,” said Porter Harris, Co-Founder of Romeo Power.

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