Ascend Elements Launches Logistics Simulation at America's First EV Battery Materials (pCAM) Manufacturing Facility
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- EV battery materials manufacturer Ascend Elements and the professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) are collaborating on the road to net zero carbon emissions. Ascend Elements recently selected EY US to develop a complex logistics simulation model in preparation for the Q1 2025 startup of its one-million-square-foot Apex 1 EV battery materials (pCAM) manufacturing facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The Apex 1 campus will employ over 400 people and produce sustainable engineered battery materials for up to 750,000 electric vehicles per year.
- Ascend Elements recently selected EY US to develop a complex logistics simulation model in preparation for the Q1 2025 startup of its one-million-square-foot Apex 1 EV battery materials (pCAM) manufacturing facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
- "As you can imagine, a project of this size and scope requires a lot of logistics planning," said Rodrigo Almeida, Sr. Director of Supply Chain at Ascend Elements.
- Ascend Elements' Apex 1 facility in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, will be North America's first sustainable cathode precursor (pCAM) manufacturing facility.
- From EV battery recycling to commercial-scale production of lithium carbonate and NMC precursor (pCAM) and cathode active materials (CAM), Ascend Elements is revolutionizing the production of sustainable lithium-ion battery materials.