EV materials maker in Chattanooga to supply Big 3 automaker Stellantis

Staff file photo / U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Chattanooga, speaks to the media with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk at the Novonix plant on Riverfront Parkway in May 2023. The plant is to supply automaker Stellantis with EV battery materials, officials said Monday. Staff file photo / U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Chattanooga, speaks to the media with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk at the Novonix plant on Riverfront Parkway in May 2023. The plant is to supply automaker Stellantis with EV battery materials, officials said Monday.

By Mike Pare November 11, 2024 3 min read

A maker of electric vehicle battery materials in Chattanooga has signed an agreement to supply Big 3 automaker Stellantis as the car company ramps up its EV efforts.

Novonix, which plans the first large-scale production of high-quality synthetic graphite in Chattanooga in 2025, agreed to provide Stellantis with up to 115,000 tons of the material from 2026 to 2031, a news release said.

“We are excited to have Stellantis’ commitment, now as our largest customer, to support their North American EV growth plans,” Chris Burns, Novonix’s chief executive, said in a statement Monday.

The material will be provided to Stellantis’ cell manufacturing partners in North America from Novonix’s Riverfront Parkway facility and a planned expansion site, the supplier said.